exsiccate
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exsiccate
- /ˈɛksɪkeɪt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).
verb exsiccates · exsiccating · exsiccated · exiccate
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To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.
Similar: parch · Opposite: hydrate, moisturize
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title = {exsiccate},
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