exsiccate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exsiccate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exsiccate v lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" Synonym(s): exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate Antonym(s): hydrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exsiccate \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.