turgesce
UK/təːˈd͡ʒɛs/US/tɚˈd͡ʒɛs/
turgesce verb: to become turgid; to swell up or bloat.
Verb
turgesce (third-person singular simple present turgesces, present participle turgescing, simple past and past participle turgesced)
Forms of turgesce
| third-person singular present | turgesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | turgescing |
| past participle | turgesced |
| past | turgesced |
Origin of turgesce
From Latin turgescere, verb inchoate from turgere (“to swell”).
Words that rhyme with turgesce
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about turgesce
- What does turgesce mean?
- Turgesce means to become turgid; to swell up or bloat.
- What part of speech is turgesce?
- Turgesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce turgesce?
- Turgesce is pronounced /təːˈd͡ʒɛs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of turgesce?
- The past tense of turgesce is turgesced.
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