Exsiccate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exsiccate \Ex"sic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Exsiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exsiccating}.] [L. exsiccatus,
     p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry,
     siccus dry.]
     To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. --Sir T.
     Browne.


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