exsiccate

American  

[ek-si-keyt] / ˈɛk sɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

exsiccated, exsiccating

1. to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.

2. to dry up, as moisture.

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verb (used without object)

exsiccated, exsiccating

1. to dry up.

exsiccate British  

/ ˈɛksɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to dry up; desiccate

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Other Word Forms

• exsiccation noun
• exsiccative adjective
• exsiccator noun

Etymology

Origin of exsiccate

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin exsiccātus dried up, past participle of exsiccāre to dry up, equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + siccāre to dry, make dry; -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Another false impression these zealous guardians of the public health have made is, that I used the exsiccated alum because it was cheap.

From Project Gutenberg

A useful dusting-powder is one consisting of calamine and 5 per cent. salicylic acid; the exsiccated sulphate of iron, in the form of a powder, may be employed in cases which resist this treatment.

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Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum serve very well in such cases.

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The fresh root, wounded early in the spring, yields and odorous yellow juice, which slowly exsiccated proves an elegant gummy resin, very rich in the virtues of the Angelica.

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On August 13, 1878, I obtained letters patent for the exclusive right to use exsiccated ammonia alum in baking powders.

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