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incandesce

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in⋅can⋅desce

  [in-kuhn-des]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -desced, -desc⋅ing.
to glow or cause to glow with heat.
Origin:
1870–75; back formation from incandescent
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in·can·desce   (ĭn'kən-děs')   
tr. & intr.v.   in·can·desced, in·can·desc·ing, in·can·desc·es
To make or become incandescent.

[Latin incandēscere, to glow : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + candēscere, to glow, inchoative of candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.]
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