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Incandesce

//ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat. ambitransitive

    "It incandesces in sulphurous acid at ordinary temperatures, sulphate of protoxide of lead being the product; it also incandesces when triturated with ⅛th of its weight of cane-sugar, or ⅙th of grape-sugar."

  2. 2
    become incandescent or glow with heat wordnet
  3. 3
    cause to become incandescent or glow wordnet

Etymology

Back-formation from incandescent or from Latin incandescere

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