Hypertext Webster Gateway: "protuberate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Protuberate \Pro*tu"ber*ate\, v. i. [L. protuberare; pro forward
+ tuber a hump, protuberance. See {Tuber}.]
To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to
bulge out. --S. Sharp.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
protuberate
v 1: cause to bulge out or project
2: form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly
protuberated"
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