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Dissipate

Dissipate (dissipate)
v. t.(d***ibreve]s"s***ibreve]*p1913 webster dictionaryt)
Dis"si*pate
v. t. [imp. *** p. p. Dissipated] p. pr. *** vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare] dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare
  1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

    Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden.

    I soon dissipated his fears. Cook.

    The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt.

  2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

    The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

    Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.

Dissipate

Dissipate (dissipate)
v. i.
Dis"si*pate
  1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.
  2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.












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