exsiccate
verbUK, US /ˈɛksɪkeɪt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).
1
To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
- The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 147:
- Derived terms
- exsiccator
- Related terms
- exsiccation