Exsiccate

//ˈɛksɪkeɪt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. transitive

    "The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered."

  2. 2
    lose water or moisture wordnet

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"The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).

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