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sic⋅ca⋅tive

  [sik-uh-tiv]
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–adjective
1. causing or promoting absorption of moisture; drying.
–noun
2. a siccative substance, esp. in paint.
Origin:
1540–50; < LL siccātīvus, equiv. to L siccāt(us) (ptp. of siccāre to dry up; see sack 3 , -ate 1 ) + -īvus -ive
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sic·ca·tive   (sĭk'ə-tĭv)   
n.  A substance added to paints and some medicines to promote drying; a drier.

[Late Latin siccātīvus, drying, from Latin siccātus, past participle of siccāre, to dry, from siccus, dry.]
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Word Origin & History

siccative  (adj.)
1547, from L.L. siccativus "drying, siccative," from L. siccatus, pp. of siccare "to dry," from siccus "dry," from PIE base *seikw- "to flow out" (cf. Avestan hiku- "dry," Gk. iskhnos "dry, withered," Lith. seklus "shallow," M.Ir. sesc "dry," Skt. sincati "makes dry"). The noun is first recorded 1825.
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Medical Dictionary

siccative sic·ca·tive (sĭk'ə-tĭv)
n.
A substance added to some medicines to promote drying; a drier.

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