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Webster 1913 Edition

Desiccate

Des′ic-cate

(?; 277)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Desiccated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Desiccating

.]

[L.

desiccatus

, p. p. of

desiccare

to dry up;

de-

+

siccare

to dry,

siccus

dry. See

wine.]

To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying;

as, to

desiccate

fish or fruit

.

Bodies

desiccated

by heat or age.

Bacon.

Des′ic-cate

,

Verb.

I.

To become dry.

Webster 1828 Edition

Desiccate

DESICCATE

,

Verb.

T.

[L. To dry.] to dry; to exhaust of moisture; to exhale or remove moisture from.

DESICCATE

,

Verb.

I.

To become dry.