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a. [ F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candēre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend&ebreve_;re, incend&ebreve_;re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense. ] 1. White. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. “Candid and dispassionate men.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.

Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. candidat. ] One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [ Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an infection caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida, especially Candida albicans.
Syn. -- moniliasis, monilia disease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a candid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being candid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Candy. ] 1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple.
Syn. -- candied, crystallized, glacé, glacéed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. or v. i. [ L. candificare; candëre to be white + -facere to make. ] To make or become white, or candied. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. candiote. ] Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Scandium. ] (Chem.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44. [ 1913 Webster ]