candidate (kandidat)

[= F. can did at, He had anticipated having all the mixed and miserable feelings of one about making his appearance in the pulpit as a candidate on exhibition. W. M. Baker , New Timothy, p. 155. candidate (kan'di-dāt), v.; pret. and pp. candida ted, ppr. can did at ing. [ Without quarrelling with Rome, we can allow this purgatory, to purify and cleanse us, that we may be the better candida ted for the court of heaven and glory. Feltham, Resolves, ii. 57. II. in trans. To become a candidate; seek or aspire to some office; offer one's self or one's services as a candidate, as a clergyman seeking a parish or a charge; compete with others as a candidate. Let him put the question to some [choir-singers] who every spring have to candidate for a situation. The Century , XXVIII. 308. candidateship (kan'di-dat-ship), n. [ candi date + -ship . Candidature.