desiccate.
To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
Meaning & usage
To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
To preserve by drying.
To become dry; to dry up.
Where this word comes from
From Latin dēsiccō (“to dry completely, dry up”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) + siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, de- + siccate.
Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
Where this word comes from
From Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of dēsiccō: see above. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.
Where this word comes from
From the substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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