exiccate

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A form of exsiccate — To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

verbexiccate (third-person singular simple present exiccates, present participle exiccating, simple past and past participle exiccated)

present singular third person exiccates · participle present exiccating · participle past exiccated · past exiccated

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of exsiccate.

    Let her auoyde such thynges the which shold exiccat[…]her.

    1540, Thomas Rayndale, The Byrth of Mankynde

Synonyms & antonyms

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Chicago

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