Definition of Desiccete
Des"ic*cate (?; 277), v. 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 Sack 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, v. i. To become
dry.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to dry
- Synonyms
- * dehydrate
- * parch
- Antonyms
- * moisten
- * moisturize
- * wet
- to preserve by drying
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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