as-sicco (ads-), āre, v. a., to dry, to dry up (only in post-Aug. prose; most freq. in Col.): aliquid in sole, Col. 12, 15 fin.; 2, 9, 18; id. Arb. 28 fin.; 1, 6, 22: nebulam et rorem, id. 4, 19, 2; 12, 16, 3; 12, 33, 1 al.: lacrimas, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 26 (Haase, siccare).