incanescere Save DMLBS incanescere [CL], incanēre [LL] , to be or become white. Cf. incandescere 3. arborem illam ‥ vel temporis brumalis severitas dejiciebat ‥ vel folio ~escente marcebat R. Cold. Osw. 17 p. 356; caneo componitur ~eo, -es Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 89.