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TAKE THE QUIZdesiccate
verb
des·ic·cate
ˈde-si-ˌkāt
desiccated; desiccating
1
: to dry up
the desiccated land
2
: to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate
desiccated coconut
3
: to drain of emotional or intellectual vitality
… a charming little romance … not desiccated and compressed within the pages of a book—
Elinor Wylie
: to become dried up
leaves desiccating in winter
Lake Valencia has been … steadily desiccating for more than 200 years.—
J. Platt Bradbury et al.
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