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tumesce

American

[too-mes, tyoo-] / tuˈmɛs, tyu- /

verb (used with or without object)

tumesced, tumescing

to make or become tumescent.

Etymology

Origin of tumesce

First recorded in 1970–75; back formation from tumescent

Example Sentences

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As this part of the act continues, it is the most natural thing in the world that the sex organs should tumesce, and that there should be a flow of both prostatic and pre-coital fluids.

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