Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Seccá-re, v. a.
1. to dry, dry up; 2. to demand the interest for money lent; 3. to ruin, dissipate, exhaust; 4. to incommode, weary, vex;v. r. 1. to be dried up; 2. to become para<*> lyzed; s. m. Seccá-tóre, f. Seccá-tríce; adj. Seccá-nte.
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seccare: to dry vp, to make dry. Also to tire or wearie one with talke, as if one did dry vp all his patience.
