Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Exsiccate
Ex′sic·cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exsiccating.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T. Browne.