Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Desiccate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
dry. See {Sack} wine.]
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\, v. i.
To become dry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
desiccate
adj : lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
but arid performance of the sonata";l "a desiccate
romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles
into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {arid},
{desiccated}]
v : lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated
very quickly" [syn: {dehydrate}, {dry up}] [ant: {hydrate}]
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