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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Candescent

· Can·des·cent · IPA

01 a. Glowing; luminous; incandescent.

[L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.]

1.
Glowing; luminous; incandescent.

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