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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.