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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desiccated}; p. pr & vb n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus p. p. of desiccare to dry up de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See {Sack} wine.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: desiccated adj 1: thoroughly dried out "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn: {dried-out}] 2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" [syn: {dried}, {dehydrated}] 3: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata";l "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {arid}, {desiccate}]
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