xerify

Etymology

From xer- + -ify.

xerify means to make xeric (dry). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

verb

To make xeric (dry).“Severe fires xerify forest sites by consuming much of the forest floor and perhaps even organic matter in the mineral soil , as well as by exposing the site to greater solar radiation through canopy reduction. Conversion of mesic sites to xeric conditions[…]”