Exsiccate Definition

ĕksĭ-kāt
exsiccated, exsiccates, exsiccating
verb
To dry up or cause to dry up.
American Heritage
To dry up.
Webster's New World

Origin of Exsiccate

  • Middle English exsiccaten from Latin exsiccāre exsiccāt- ex- ex- siccāre to dry (from siccus dry)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin exsiccare, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).

    From Wiktionary

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