ex-candĕfăcĭo, fēci, 3, v. a.,
to heat , inflame (perh. only in the foll. passages), trop.: excande me fecerunt cupiditate ( tmesis ), Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1: annonam macelli, i. e. to enhance , raise , id. ib. 3, 2, 16; cf. exardesco and incendo.