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Webster 1913 Edition

Exsiccate

Ex′sic-cate

(?; 277)

,

Verb.

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exsiccate

EX'SICCATE

,

Verb.

T.

[L. exsicco; ex and sicco, to dry.]

To dry; to exhaust or evaporate moisture.