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Desiccate   /dˈɛsəkeɪt/   Listen
Desiccate

verb
(past & past part. desiccated; pres. part. desiccating)
1.
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from.  Synonym: dehydrate.
2.
Remove water from.  Synonym: dehydrate.
3.
Lose water or moisture.  Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate.  Antonym: hydrate.
adjective
1.
Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless.  Synonyms: arid, desiccated.  "A desiccate romance" , "A prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"






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"Desiccate" Quotes from Famous Books



... unconfined, Nor sloth can slacken nor a tyrant bind; With self-wrought fame and worth internal blest, No venal star shall brighten on their breast, Nor king-created name nor courtly art Damp the bold thought or desiccate the heart. Above all fraud, beyond all titles great, Truth in their voice and sceptres at their feet, Like sires of unborn states they move sublime, Look empires thro and span the breadth of time, Hold o'er the world, that ...
— The Columbiad • Joel Barlow



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