exsiccates

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