exsiccate

动词 v.
/ˈɛksɪkeɪt/    /ˈɛksɪkeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. transitive
    — The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.

词形变化

exsiccates present,singular,third-person exsiccating participle,present exsiccated participle,past exsiccated past exiccate alternative

词源

Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).
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