- desiccate⇄desiccate, verb, -cated,-cating.
- desiccate⇄v.i. to become dry.
- desiccate⇄v.t. 1a. to deprive of moisture or water; dry thoroughly; dry.
Ex. The soil in a desert is desiccated by the dry air and sun.
b. (Figurative.) to make intellectually or spiritually dry.
Ex. that desiccated and discouraged brain (Lytton