desiccate
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin dēsiccō, dēssicātus.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)
- (transitive) to dry
- Francis Bacon
- bodies desiccated by heat or age
- Francis Bacon
- (transitive) to preserve by drying
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AntonymsEdit
- to dry: moisten, moisturize, wet
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to dry
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to preserve by drying
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