exsiccate

2 definitions found

exsiccate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

exsiccate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  exsiccate
      v 1: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated
           very quickly" [syn: exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up,
           desiccate] [ant: hydrate]