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 In·tu·mesce v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intumesced p. pr. & vb. n. Intumescing ]  To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.
    In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish black mass.   --Kirwan.
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