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exsiccate
[ ek-si-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.
- to dry up, as moisture.
verb (used without object)
- to dry up.
exsiccate
/ ˈɛksɪˌkeɪt /
verb
- to dry up; desiccate
Derived Forms
- ˌexsicˈcation, noun
- ˈexsiccative, adjective
- ˈexsicˌcator, noun
Other Words From
- exsic·cation noun
- exsic·cative adjective
- exsic·cator noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of exsiccate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of exsiccate1
Example Sentences
With this simple introduction I now avow myself the originator and patentee of exsiccated ammonia alum baking powder.
A useful dusting-powder is one consisting of calamine and 5 per cent. salicylic acid; the exsiccated sulphate of iron, in the form of a powder, may be employed in cases which resist this treatment.
Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum constitute a suitable combination for the treatment of these cases, and this powder should be liberally employed.
The fresh root, wounded early in the spring, yields and odorous yellow juice, which slowly exsiccated proves an elegant gummy resin, very rich in the virtues of the Angelica.
The use of exsiccated ammonia alum has been declared unhealthful by the advocates of other baking powders, and every manufacturer using it has been held up for public reprobation.
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