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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exsiccate (third-person singular simple present exsiccates, present participle exsiccating, simple past and past participle exsiccated)
- (transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
- Synonym: parch
- Antonyms: hydrate, moisturize
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 147:The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.
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Latin
Verb
exsiccāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of exsiccō