Desiccate vs. Exsiccate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Desiccate and Exsiccate
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Desiccate
Remove the moisture from (something), typically in order to preserve it
Desiccated coconut
Exsiccate
To dry up or cause to dry up.
Desiccate
Lacking interest, passion, or energy
A desiccated history of ideas
Exsiccate
(transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
Desiccate
To dry out thoroughly.
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Exsiccate
To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
Desiccate
To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture.
Desiccate
To make dry, dull, or lifeless
"Stalinism desiccated the grassroots of urban government" (Timothy J. Colton).
Desiccate
To become dry; dry out.
Desiccate
Lacking spirit or animation; arid
"There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).
Desiccate
(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry.
Desiccate
(transitive) To preserve by drying.
Desiccate
To become dry; to dry up.
Desiccate
Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
Desiccate
A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.
Desiccate
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.
Desiccate
To become dry.
Desiccate
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from;
Carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
Desiccate
Remove water from;
All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
Desiccate
Lose water or moisture;
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
Desiccate
Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
A technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
A desiccate romance
A prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
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