Preventing drying or the drying process; keeping something moist or preventing desiccation.
From anti- (against) + siccative (from Latin siccus 'dry'). Technical term in chemistry and materials science.
Paint manufacturers use antisiccative agents to keep paint from skinning over in the can—it's a practical chemistry problem that affects something you probably use.
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