SIC'CATIVE, adjective [from Latin sicco, to dry.] Drying; causing to dry. SIC'CATIVE, noun That which promotes the process of drying.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SIC'CATIVE, adjective [from Latin sicco, to dry.] Drying; causing to dry. SIC'CATIVE, noun That which promotes the process of drying.
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