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candescere

candescere [CL] , to glow, be bright or white. b (fig.) to burn w. passion or anger. c to be illustrious. d (trans.) to brighten. interiora mihi candescunt Aldh. Aen. 52 (Candela) 2; capud candescens crinibus / cingunt capilli nitidis (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 5. 27; ‘candeo, candesco’ non transit; ‘candido’ transit Garl. Syn. 150. 1580c.  b consuetudines in quibus plus ~itis G. Foliot Ep. 170 p. 242; si tua candescens fuerit maga pessima conjux D. Bec. 2014.  c nec ‥ signa virtutum ac sanitatum ‥ ubique ~ere cessaverunt Felix Guthl. 53.  d c1410 (v. candescentia).

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