Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

exsiccate

[ek-si-keyt]
See more synonyms for exsiccate on Thesaurus.com
verb (used with object), ex·sic·cat·ed, ex·sic·cat·ing.
  1. to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.
  2. to dry up, as moisture.
Show More
verb (used without object), ex·sic·cat·ed, ex·sic·cat·ing.
  1. to dry up.
Show More

Origin of exsiccate

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin exsiccātus dried up, past participle of exsiccāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + siccāre to dry, make dry; see -ate1
Related formsex·sic·ca·tion, nounex·sic·ca·tive, adjectiveex·sic·ca·tor, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for exsiccation

exsiccate

verb
  1. to dry up; desiccate
Show More
Derived Formsexsiccation, nounexsiccative, adjectiveexsiccator, noun

Word Origin

C15: from Latin exsiccāre, from siccus dry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
exsiccation in Medicine

exsiccation

(ĕk′sĭ-kā′shən)
n.
  1. The process of being dried up; desiccation.
  2. Removal of water of crystallization.
Show More

exsiccate

(ĕk′sĭ-kāt′)
v.
  1. To dry up or cause to dry up; desiccate.
Show More
Related formsex′sic•ca′tor n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.