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Desiccate   /dˈɛsəkeɪt/   Listen
Desiccate

verb
(past & past part. desiccated; pres. part. desiccating)
1.
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from.  Synonym: dehydrate.
2.
Remove water from.  Synonym: dehydrate.
3.
Lose water or moisture.  Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate.
adjective
1.
Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless.  Synonyms: arid, desiccated.  "A desiccate romance" , "A prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"





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"Desiccate" Quotes from Famous Books



... you, who have the blessing of profound religious emotion, this statement may seem too desiccate. It is indeed ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward
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... preserve them by drying and this is best done by exposing them several days to the fresh air in a dry place—for example, the corridors of the house—being careful not to expose them to the rays of the sun, in which latter event the fleshy and juicy plants which do not desiccate ...
— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera
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... those portions of the body most liable to become heated and to perspire. The eruption is preceded by chills, languor, slight fever, intense thirst, a sharp prickling sensation of the skin, and profuse perspiration. The vesicles soon desiccate and are replaced ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
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