Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
   p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
   dry. See {Sack} wine.]
   To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
   drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

         Bodies desiccated by heat or age.        --Bacon.