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Webster 1913 Edition

Excandescent

Exˊcan-des′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
excandescens
, p. pr. of
excandescere
to take fire, glow;
ex
out (intens.) +
candescere
to begin to glisten or glow, fr.
candere
. See
Candid
.]
White or glowing with heat.
[R.]
Ure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excandescent

EXCANDES'CENT

,
Adj.
White with heat.

Definition 2024

excandescent

excandescent

English

Adjective

excandescent ‎(comparative more excandescent, superlative most excandescent)

  1. Glowing with heat.
    • 1883, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Addresses and Sermons Delivered During a Visit to the United States and Canada in 1878, Macmillan, p. 164:
      He will at last prevail, if only we have the grace to recognise Him, to seize the opportunities which, out of these excandescent heats, fly off as sparks from the anvil.

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References

  • “excandescent” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • excandescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “excandescent” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Latin

Verb

excandēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of excandēscō

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