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Dictionary definition for: Desiccate
1. (v) preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
2. (s) 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"-C.J.Rolo
3. (v) remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
4. (v) lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
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