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exsiccate

[ ek-si-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

exsiccated, exsiccating.
  1. to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.
  2. to dry up, as moisture.


verb (used without object)

exsiccated, exsiccating.
  1. to dry up.

exsiccate

/ ˈɛ°ì²õɪˌ°ì±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to dry up; desiccate
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±ð³æ²õ¾±³¦Ëˆ³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
  • ˈ±ð³æ²õ¾±³¦³¦²¹³Ù¾±±¹±ð, adjective
  • ˈ±ð³æ²õ¾±³¦ËŒ³¦²¹³Ù´Ç°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æî€È´¾±³¦Â·³¦²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ±ð³æs¾±³¦Â·³¦²¹î€…t¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ±ð³æs¾±³¦Â·³¦²¹î€…t´Ç°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exsiccate1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ±ð³æ²õ¾±³¦³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ dried up, past participle of ±ð³æ²õ¾±³¦³¦Äå°ù±ð to dry up, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + ²õ¾±³¦³¦Äå°ù±ð to dry, make dry; -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of exsiccate1

C15: from Latin ±ð³æ²õ¾±³¦³¦Äå°ù±ð, from siccus dry
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Example Sentences

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With this simple introduction I now avow myself the originator and patentee of exsiccated ammonia alum baking powder.

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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 constitute a suitable combination for the treatment of these cases, and this powder should be liberally employed.

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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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The use of exsiccated ammonia alum has been declared unhealthful by the advocates of other baking powders, and every manufacturer using it has been held up for public reprobation.

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