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tumēscō muī, ere, inch.

tumeo, to begin to swell, swell up : Inflatum mare tumescit, C. poët.: vi maria, V.: freta ventis, O.: volnera tumescunt, Ta.—Fig., to swell up, grow excited, become enraged : ora mihi pariter cum mente tumescunt, O.: monet operta tumescere bella, that war is fermenting in secret , V.

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