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.

Source : WordNet®

desiccated
     adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
            cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn: {dried-out}]
     2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
        fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated
        coconut meat" [syn: {dried}, {dehydrated}]
     3: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
        but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate
        romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles
        into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {arid},
         {desiccate}]