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exsiccate

[ ek-si-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·sic·cat·ed, ex·sic·cat·ing.
  1. to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.
  2. to dry up, as moisture.


verb (used without object)

, ex·sic·cat·ed, ex·sic·cat·ing.
  1. to dry up.

exsiccate

/ ˈɛksɪˌkeɪt /

verb

  1. to dry up; desiccate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌexsicˈcation, noun
  • ˈexsiccative, adjective
  • ˈexsicˌcator, noun
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Other Words From

  • exsic·cation noun
  • exsic·cative adjective
  • exsic·cator noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exsiccate1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin exsiccātus dried up, past participle of exsiccāre to dry up, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + siccāre to dry, make dry; -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of exsiccate1

C15: from Latin exsiccāre, from siccus dry
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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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