Desiccate vs. Dessicate — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Desiccate or Dessicate
How to spell Desiccate?
Desiccate
Correct Spelling
Dessicate
Incorrect Spelling
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Desiccate Definitions
Remove the moisture from (something), typically in order to preserve it
Desiccated coconut
Lacking interest, passion, or energy
A desiccated history of ideas
To dry out thoroughly.
To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture.
To make dry, dull, or lifeless
"Stalinism desiccated the grassroots of urban government" (Timothy J. Colton).
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To become dry; dry out.
Lacking spirit or animation; arid
"There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).
(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry.
(transitive) To preserve by drying.
To become dry; to dry up.
Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.
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.
To become dry.
Preserve by removing all water and liquids from;
Carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
Remove water from;
All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
Lose water or moisture;
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
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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