sɪˌkeɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.
2.
to dry up, as moisture.
verb (used without object)
3.
to dry up.
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| —vb | |
| to dry up; desiccate | |
| [C15: from Latin exsiccāre, from siccus dry] | |
| exsic'cation | |
| —n | |
| 'exsiccative | |
| —adj | |
| 'exsiccator | |
| —n | |
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exsiccate ex·sic·cate (ěk'sĭ-kāt')
v. ex·sic·cat·ed, ex·sic·cat·ing, ex·sic·cates
To dry up or cause to dry up; desiccate.
ex'sic·ca'tor n.
ex'sic·ca'tive adj.
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