transitive verb, intransitive verb exsiccated, exsiccating
Origin: ME exsiccaten < L exsiccatus, pp. of exsiccare, to make dry < ex-, out + siccare, to dry < siccus, dry: see desiccate
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intr. & tr.v. ex·sic·cat·ed, ex·sic·cat·ing, ex·sic·cates
Origin:
Origin: Middle English exsiccaten
Origin: , from Latin exsiccāre, exsiccāt-
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + siccāre, to dry (from siccus, dry)
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