intumesce

[ in-too-mes, -tyoo- ]

verb (used without object)

, in·tu·mesced, in·tu·mesc·ing.

1. to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
2. to bubble up.

intumesce

/ ˌɪntjʊˈmɛs /

verb

1. intr to swell or become swollen; undergo intumescence

Word History and Origins

Origin of intumesce¹

1790–1800; < Latin intumēscere to swell up, equivalent to in- in- ² + tumēscere, equivalent to tum ( ēre ) to swell + -ēscere -esce

Word History and Origins

Origin of intumesce¹

C18: from Latin intumescere, from tumescere to begin to swell, from tumēre to swell

Example Sentences

Before the Bp. on Ch. in O. F. intumesces with evolution of sulphur dioxide, finally yielding a metallic globule of Ag.

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Upon charcoal, and in the flame of reduction, the bead intumesces, the cadmium oxide becomes reduced to metal; this becomes volatilized and re-oxidized, and sublimes upon the charcoal as the yellow cadmium oxide.

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It intumesces and readily fuses before the blowpipe, and dissolves in acid without gelatinizing.

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Before the blowpipe it intumesces and melts to a glassy globule coloring the flame green, and forms a jelly when boiled with the acids.

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The hot bead should be pressed upon a small crystal of the nitrate, when the bead swells, intumesces, and the color is manifested in the surface of the bead,

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