Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cancer

Can″cer (?), n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. καρκίνοσ, Skr. karkaṭa crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard s...

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Cancerate

Can″cer‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Cancerated.] [LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer.] To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. Boyle.

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Canceration

Can′cer‐a″tion (?), n. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.

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Cancerite

Can″cer‐ite (?), n. [Cf. F. cancéreux.] Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. “Cancerous vices.” G. Eliot.

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Cancerous

Can″cer‐ous (?), a. [Cf. F. cancéreux] Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. “cancerous vices” G. Eliot.— Can″cer‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ca...

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Cancriform

Can″cri‐form (?), a. [Cancer + -form; cf. F. cancriforme.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.2. Like a cancer; cancerous.

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Cancrine

Can″crine (?), a. [From Cancer.] Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.

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Cancrinite

Can″cri‐nite (?), n. [Named after Count Cancrin, a minister of finance in Russia.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, c...

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Cancroid

Can″croid (?), a. [Cancer + oid.] 1. (Zoöl.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.2. Like a cancer; as, a ca...

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Cand

Cand (?), n. Fluor spar. See Kand.

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Candelabrum

Can′de‐la″brum (?) n.; pl. L. Candelabra (#), E. Candelabrums (#). [L., fr. candela candle. See candle.] 1. (Antiq.) (a) A lamp stand of any sort. (b) A highly ornamented stand ...

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Candent

Can′dent (?), a. [L. candens, p. pr. of candëre to glitter. See Candid.] Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. “A candent vessel.” Boyle.

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Canderos

‖Can″de‐ros (?), n. An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

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Candescence

Can‐des″cence (?), n. See Incandescence.

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Candescent

Can‐des″cent (?), a. [L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.] Glowing; luminous; incandescent.

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Candicant

Can″di‐cant (?), a. [L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.] Growing white.

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Candid

Can‐did (kăn″dĭd), a. [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candēre to be of a glowing white; akin to accendĕre, incendĕre, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. ...

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Candidacy

Can″di‐da‐cy (?), n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

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Candidate

Can″di‐date (?), n. [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F...

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Candidateship

Can″di‐date‐ship, n. Candidacy.

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Candidating

Can″di‐da′ting (?), n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.

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Candidature

Can″di‐da‐ture (?), n. Candidacy.

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Candidly

Can″did‐ly (?), adv. In a candid manner.

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Candidness

Can″did‐ness, n. The quality of being candid.

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Candied

Can″died (?), a. [From 1st Candy.] 1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or can...

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Candify

Can″di‐fy (?), v. t. or v. i. [L. candificare; candëre to be white + -facere to make.] To make or become white, or candied.

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Candiot

Can″di‐ot (?), a. [Cf. F. candiote.] Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.