What does "exsiccate" mean?

To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.

What is a synonym for "exsiccate"?

Common synonyms include: bake, blot, brush, burn, cure, dehumidify.

/ˈɛksɪkeɪt/ verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Verb

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
lose water or moisture wordnet

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

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