单词 | exsiccate |
释义 | † exsiccateadj. Obsolete. Dried, dried up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) dryc950 drieda1340 desiccatec1420 undriedc1440 exsiccate1540 mummianized1593 exsiccated1646 exust1657 desiccateda1676 dehydrated1884 dehumidified1940 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxii So that the preuye passage be lest [sic] exiccat and drye. 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. ii. viii. 45 They were not vlcerous, exsiccate or impostumated. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 42 The heated and exsiccate Air. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) ii. 747 O let me..think The fountains of thy eyes are exiccate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). exsiccatev. 1. transitive. To dry, make dry, absorb or remove all moisture from; to drain (a spring) dry; to dry up (moisture). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)] dryc888 adroweOE drow1393 exsiccate1540 siccate1570 desiccate1575 unsteep1598 siccicate1639 exsicce1657 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xix Let her auoyde such thynges the whiche sholde exiccat..her. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 11 These .ij. vnguentes are excellent in exciccating ericipelas. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vi. 171 Bodies..that have been exsiccated into Mummy. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 87 The Spring near the Church..has been sometimes exsiccated. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1708) vii. i. 228 Heats and Droughts..exsiccate and waste the moisture and vegetative Nature of the Earth. 1809 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 99 327 This dissolution being exsiccated grew liquid on exposure to air. 2. intransitive for reflexive. To dry up, lose all moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)] > dry up adroweOE dry?c1325 to dry up1535 crine?1553 exsiccate1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xii. 321 'Tis a question worth while, adds he, how they can exsiccate. Derivatives exsiccated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) dryc950 drieda1340 desiccatec1420 undriedc1440 exsiccate1540 mummianized1593 exsiccated1646 exust1657 desiccateda1676 dehydrated1884 dehumidified1940 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 68 The exsiccated powder..ascends not unto the Loadstone. View more context for this quotation 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. xiv. 427 Throw common exsiccated salt in it. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix That exsiccated..organism. exsiccating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > drying dryinga1398 exsiccativec1400 uritivea1425 desiccative?1541 siccative1547 exsiccating1620 desiccating1638 exsiccant1657 desiccant1775 desiccatoryc1800 dehydrating1884 dehumidifying1933 in-sack1951 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vi. 106 They are of a more exiccating nature. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 3 By the heat of the Sun, or exsiccating power of the Air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1540v.1540 |
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