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desiccate
desiccate:
see
sack
desiccate (v.)
1570s (past participle adjective
desicatt
is attested from early 15c.), from Latin
desiccatus
, past participle of
desiccare
"to make very dry" (see
desiccation
). Related:
Desiccated
;
desiccating
.