candidature (kandidatur)

[F. candi dature, candidly (kan'did-li), adv. In a candid manner; openly; frankly; without trick or disguise; ingenuously. Not so fairly and candidly as he ought. Camden , Elizabeth, an. 1598. IMG:content-3023.png:[blocks in formation] candied (kan'did), p. a. [Pp. of candy1, v.] 1. Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; covered with crystals of sugar, or with matter resembling it: as, candied raisins.-2. Wholly or partly crystallized or congealed: as, candied honey.-3. Figuratively, honeyed; flattering; glozing. Why should the poor be flatter'd? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. candify (kan'di-fi), v. t. or i.; pret. and pp. can dified, ppr. candifying. [ Candiot, Candiote (kan'di-ot, -ōt), a. and n. [