a. Obs. or arch. [ad. L. candēnt-em, pr. pple. of candēre to be white, glow.]
1. At a white heat; glowing with heat.
1577. Dee, Relat. Spir., I. (1659), 356. The Colour of the fire of the 4 Arches is very red; The rest are very pure, Aerial, candent.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. ii. 60. Wires totally candent.
1660. Boyle, New Exp. Phys.-Mech., xxxvi. 283. The heat of a candent Æolipile.
1790. Cowper, Iliad, XIX. 141. Lord of the candent lightenings.
1800. Sir W. Herschell, in Phil. Trans., XC. 296. Rays emanating from candent substances.
1832. Fergusson, in Blackw. Mag., XXXI. 282. The candent hearth, the ruddy lurid row Of smiths.
2. fig. Fervent, impassioned. rare.
a. 1687. R. McWard, Earnest Contend. for Faith (1723), 170 (Jam.). Some Men … are keen and candent against any, who will do this.
