different between desiccate vs siccate

English

Etymology

From Latin d?sicc?re (“to dry completely, dry up”) +? -ate (verb suffix indicating acting in the specified manner). D?sicc?re is derived from d?sicc? (“to desiccate, dry up; to drain dry”) (from d?- (prefix meaning ‘completely, to exhaustion’) + sicc? (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-) + -?re.

The adjective is derived from Latin d?sicc?tus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of d?sicc?: see above. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• Verb and adjective:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s?ke?t/, (archaic) /d??s?ke?t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s?ke?t/
• Noun:
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s?k?t/
• Hyphenation: de?sic?cate

Verb

desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)

1. (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry. [from late 16th c.]

   Synonyms: dehydrate, (obsolete) exiccate, exsiccate, parch

   Antonyms: hydrate, moisten, moisturize, wet
2. (transitive) To preserve by drying. [from late 16th c.]
3. (intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up.

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Translations

Adjective

desiccate (comparative more desiccate, superlative most desiccate)

1. Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, dessicated.

   Synonym: dried

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Noun

desiccate (plural desiccates)

1. A substance which has been dessicated, that is, had its moisture removed.

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References

Further reading

• dessication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cadetcies

Latin

Verb

d?sicc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?sicc?

English

Etymology

Latin siccatus, past participle of siccare (“to dry”).

Verb

siccate (third-person singular simple present siccates, present participle siccating, simple past and past participle siccated)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To dry.

Related terms

• desiccate

Anagrams

• Cestica, accites, ascetic

Latin

Verb

sicc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sicc?