Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turgesce \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. [R.]