Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Accend \Ac*cend"\, v. t. [L. accendere, accensum, to kindle; ad
   + cand[e^]re to kindle (only in compounds); rel. to
   cand[=e]re to be white, to gleam. See {Candle}.]
   To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.] --Fotherby.