incalescere

incalescere [CL], incalere [LL v. l.] 1 to become hot; b (fig.). Gildas EB 19 (v. 1 cauma a); post horas die duas ~escente E. Thrip. Collect. Stories 216; Dastin Visio 325 (v. dyscrasiari). b ut ‥ sole quoque divine caritatis ~escente ‥ fructus afferant spiritales Ailr. Spec. Car. I 15. 518; 1166 michi die crastina erit salus, cum ~uerit sol [cf. I Reg. xi 9], qui revelabit abscondita tenebrarum et manifestabit consilia cordium J. Sal. Ep. 165 (164). 2 (of person or passion) to become excited or inflamed. ardor sancte devotionis, quo in amore gloriosi regis ~ui, monuit ut ‥ Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 30 p. 122; devotione usus ~uit, vel consuetudinem pene in naturam convertit W. Malm. Wulfst. I 4; ille, visa facie puelle, admiratus est tantum ejus decorem et ~uit G. Mon. VI 12; cum ‥ eam rex inspexisset, subito ~uit amore illius Ib. VIII 19; papa ‥ ira ~uit Ord. Vit. XII 30 p. 424; ~escit igne concepto juvenis Map NC IV 9 f. 51v; caritas vera jugiter incalescens J. Howd. Cant. 247; s1455 ~uit in animo (v. difficilis 1b); ista quidem [discrimina] magnanimam principis benignitatem aliquantulum ~ere causabant Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 43. 3 (transf., of crop) to ripen (in quot., fig.). bonorum gelante studio, incommodorum seges succrescens ~uit W. Malm. GR IV 312.

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