I.v. inch. n. [candeo], to become of a bright, glittering white, to begin to glisten or radiate (rare; mostly poet.): “ut solet aër candescere solis ab ortu,” Ov. M. 6, 49; Tib. 1, 10, 43.—
II. To begin to glow, to grow red hot: “ferrum candescit in igni,” Lucr. 1, 491; Ov. M. 2, 230; Vitr. 7, 9 fin; cf. candeo fin.