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discandying

discandying is the present participle and gerund of discandy.

Meaning of discandy

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...
  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

Questions about discandying

What is discandying the present participle and gerund of?
Discandying is the present participle and gerund of discandy.

Words near discandying in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discandying (page history and authors); discandy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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