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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + candēscō (“to grow hotter, to brighten”).
Pronunciation
Verb
excandēscō (present infinitive excandēscere, perfect active excanduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to kindle
- to catch fire
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “excandesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excandesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excandesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.