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discandy

discandy verb: to melt; to dissolve or thaw.

Verb

discandy (third-person singular simple present discandies, present participle discandying, simple past and past participle discandied)

  1. (transitive) To melt; to dissolve or thaw.
    • The hearts That spanieled me at heels, to whom I gave their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • As doth this clay grow hard, and as this wax Discandies at the one and the same fire , — So Daphnis by our love.1855, Robert Corbet Singleton, The Works of Virgil closely rendered into English rhythm
  2. To take or remove candy from.
    • Beads of liquid fat in my tea discandy me with fear of ballooning out again.1978, The Miscellany - Issues 85-90, page 10
    • Proust's memory of a sweet crumb leads to the redemption of time; Gass's history as the history of things leads to the decay of a discandied world. Kohler presents a tour de force of memory in an account of a childhood candy shop; but, whatever beauty follows is contaminated by his anti-Semitism...1998, Steven G. Kellman, Irving Malin, Into The Tunnel: Readings of Gass's Novel, page 45

Examples of discandy in a sentence

  • At 9:37 on a Friday evening , she let the present melt, discandy, and, by insensible chromatic yieldings, give way to the past.1955, Kansas Magazine, page 44:
  • Until some meaning tongue discandy and dissolve, its new vogue hidden face down beneath the bed.1991, Stephen Rodefer, Passing Duration, page 53:
  • Proposing to exchange my toys for shares of the Halloween spoils he hoarded, I would discandy him first, swallow hard, then renege.2001, Arthur Michael Saltzman, Objects and Empathy: Essays, page 208:

Forms of discandy

third-person singular presentdiscandies
present participlediscandying
past participlediscandied
pastdiscandied

Questions about discandy

What does discandy mean?
Discandy means to melt; to dissolve or thaw.
How do you use discandy in a sentence?
At 9:37 on a Friday evening , she let the present melt, discandy, and, by insensible chromatic yieldings, give way to the past.
What part of speech is discandy?
Discandy is a verb.
What is the past tense of discandy?
The past tense of discandy is discandied.

Words near discandy in the dictionary

  1. discamping
  2. discamps
  3. discandied
  4. discandies
  5. discandium
  6. discandy
  7. discandying
  8. discant
  9. discanted
  10. discanting
  11. discants

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