† candefyv.

Forms: 1600s candefy, 1600s candify.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin candefacere.

Etymology: < classical Latin candefacere to make white < candēre to be white (see candent adj.) + -facere (see -fy suffix).

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To make (something) white; to purify (something).

ΚΠ

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 347 Restinction is a gradation, whereby mettals or the like, candefied by fire, are restinguished in liquor of exaltation, and thereby made more noble, by how much a more excellent tincture and glosse is set vpon them.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Candefy, to make white, cleer, or pure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020).

单词	candefy
释义	† candefyv. Forms: 1600s candefy, 1600s candify. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin candefacere. Etymology: < classical Latin candefacere to make white < candēre to be white (see candent adj.) + -facere (see -fy suffix). Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make (something) white; to purify (something). ΚΠ 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 347 Restinction is a gradation, whereby mettals or the like, candefied by fire, are restinguished in liquor of exaltation, and thereby made more noble, by how much a more excellent tincture and glosse is set vpon them. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Candefy, to make white, cleer, or pure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020). < v.1617
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