exsiccate

verb
/ˈɛksɪkeɪt/UK

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from exsicco

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

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