can|dent

can|dent
can|dent «KAN duhnt», adjective.
1. softly gleaming: »

Memories arise and the old garret is suffused with a candent glow (New York Times).

2. glowing with heat; at a white heat.
[< Latin candēns, -entis, present participle of candēre glow white with heat]

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