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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANDESCENT

CANDESCENT Can *des "cent, a. [L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v.incho. fr. candere to shine. ]

 

Defn: Glowing; luminous; incandescent.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

candescent

can des cent |kanˈdesənt kænˈdɛsənt | ▶adjective glowing with, or as with, heat. DERIVATIVES can des cence noun, can des cent ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

candescent

can des cent |kanˈdesənt kænˈdɛsənt | ▶adjective glowing with, or as with, heat. DERIVATIVES can des cence noun, can des cent ly adverb