candificare

candificare [LL] , to whiten, (fig.) to purify. qui ‥ in seipsis ‥ vitiorum obscuritatem virtutum candore mutarunt, ‥ proximos suis exhortationibus sive exemplis ~are ‥ student Bede Gen. 129; transfretavit ‥ in candidam Albionem Britannie gentemque candidam ‥ idolatrie absolvit errore ac verius †candidificavit baptismate Gosc. V. Iv. 83B.