DESICCATE

arid, desiccate, desiccated

(adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; “a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata”; “a desiccate romance”; “a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery”-C.J.Rolo

exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate

(verb) lose water or moisture; “In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly”

dehydrate, desiccate

(verb) remove water from; “All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me”

dehydrate, desiccate

(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from; “carry dehydrated food on your camping trip”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)

(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry. [from late 16th c.]

Synonyms: dehydrate, exiccate (obsolete), exsiccate, parch

Antonyms: hydrate, moisten, moisturize, wet

(transitive) To preserve by drying. [from late 16th c.]

(intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up.

Adjective

desiccate (comparative more desiccate, superlative most desiccate)

Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, dessicated.

Synonym: dried

Noun

desiccate (plural desiccates)

A substance which has been dessicated, that is, had its moisture removed.

Source: Wiktionary

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Des"ic*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] Etym: [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.]

Definition: 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.

Des"ic*cate, v. i.

Definition: To become dry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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