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exsiccate

/ˈɛksɪkeɪt/

exsiccate verb: to dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.

Verb

exsiccate (third-person singular simple present exsiccates, present participle exsiccating, simple past and past participle exsiccated)

  1. (transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
    • The guinea hen, so nearly exsiccated a few days earlier, dangles limp once again, as wet as if it had been freshly slaughtered.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 147
    Synonyms:
    parch
    Antonyms:
    hydrate, moisturize

exsiccate meaning in Bengali

exsiccate in Bengali

শুকানো, জলমুক্ত করা, ডিহাইড্রেট করা

Synonyms of exsiccate

Antonyms

Forms of exsiccate

third-person singular presentexsiccates
present participleexsiccating
past participleexsiccated
pastexsiccated
alternative formexiccate

Origin of exsiccate

Borrowed from Latin exsicco, exsiccatus, from ex- + siccus (“dry”).

Words formed from exsiccate

Questions about exsiccate

What does exsiccate mean?
Exsiccate means to dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
What is exsiccate in Bengali?
Exsiccate in Bengali is শুকানো, জলমুক্ত করা, ডিহাইড্রেট করা. See Exsiccate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is exsiccate?
Exsiccate is a verb.
How do you pronounce exsiccate?
Exsiccate is pronounced /ˈɛksɪkeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of exsiccate?
The past tense of exsiccate is exsiccated.

Words near exsiccate in the dictionary

  1. exship
  2. exsiccant
  3. exsiccants
  4. exsiccata
  5. exsiccatae
  6. exsiccate
  7. exsiccated
  8. exsiccates
  9. exsiccati
  10. exsiccating
  11. exsiccation

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