exsiccate

(ĕk'sĭ-kāt')
intr. & tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
To dry up or cause to dry up.

[Middle English exsiccaten, from Latin exsiccāre, exsiccāt- : ex-, ex- + siccāre, to dry (from siccus, dry).]

exsiccation ex'sic·ca'tion n.
exsiccative ex'sic·ca'tive adj.
exsiccator ex'sic·ca'tor n.

verb

To make or become free of moisture: dehydrate, desiccate, dry (out), parch. See dry/wet.

(ĕk'sĭ-kāt')
v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

To dry up or cause to dry up; desiccate.

ex'sic·ca'tor n.
ex'sic·ca'tive adj.

The act of drying out; in chemistry, the deprival of a crystalline substance of its water of crystallization.