Dictionary entry

Turgesce

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tur‐gesce″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Turgesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Turgescing (?).] [L. turgescere, v. incho. fr. turgere to swell.] To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.