intumescev.
/ɪntjuːˈmɛs/ intransitive. To swell up, become tumid; to bubble up.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend > swell
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1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 276 Treated by the blow pipe, it intumesces, and gives a frothy mass.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xi. §513 The appearance of an immense caldron, boiling, and bubbling, and intumescing in the upper air.
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