Ac-cēnd', v. t.

v. t. [Pr. accendre, accendre, Lat. accendere, to kindle, from ad and candere, to be white, from canere, to be gray, canus, gray, hoary, candidus, white, bright, Icel. kinda, Eng. to kindle, W. cynnen.] To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.]