dessicate

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The people were sick of the dry, lifeless, formal rules that were offered to them; the priesthood have had this truth hammered into them, and they are quickening their formulæ with life to fit the life of the people, not striving to dessicate the people's life to fit their formulæ.

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  • The sunflowers are turning blacker, and with the colder weather, the Huethers decided they didn't need to dessicate it.
  • The people were sick of the dry, lifeless, formal rules that were offered to them; the priesthood have had this truth hammered into them, and they are quickening their formulæ with life to fit the life of the people, not striving to dessicate the people's life to fit their formulæ. —  Notes on Islam
  • It is their first year growing peas and they are trying to decide if they will go ahead and dessicate them in an attempt to harvest earlier.
 

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