EXSICCATE

exsiccate. Exsiccate, v.t. to dry, to dry up or off

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Ex″sic‐cate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exsiccating.] [[L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.]] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T. Browne.