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Definition of: smolder
(smōl′dər) v.i.
1. To burn and smoke in a smothered way, showing little smoke and no flame.
2. Figuratively, to exist in a latent state; to manifest suppressed feeling: His wrath was smoldering.
—noun Smother; smoke. Also spelled smoulder. [Dissimilated var. of ME smorther. See SMOTHER.]
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