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can⋅dent

  [kan-duhnt]
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–adjective
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
Origin:
1570–80; < L candent- (s. of candēns, prp. of candēre to be shining white), equiv. to cand- bright (see candid ) + -ent- -ent
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can·dent   (kān'dənt)   
adj.  Having a white-hot glow; incandescent.

[Latin candēns, candent-, present participle of candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.]
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