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Dissipate

Dissipate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dissipate? [v] spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" [v] move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [v] to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows." [v] live a life or pleasure, esp. with respect to alcoholic consumption Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dissipate: break up \| dispel \| disperse \| fool \| fool away \| fritter \| fritter away \| frivol away \| scatter \| shoot \| spread out Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dissipate: ablate \| attenuate \| be consumed \| be gone \| be promiscuous \| blow \| blow off \| blunder away \| break up \| burn up \| carouse \| cast forth \| cease \| cease to be \| cease to exist \| chase women \| clear away \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| commit adultery \| consume \| crumble \| debauch \| decrease \| dematerialize \| depart \| deplete \| depreciate \| die \| die away \| die out \| diffuse \| dilute \| diminish \| disappear \| disintegrate \| dispel \| disperse \| disseminate \| dissolve \| distribute \| do a fade-out \| drain \| dribble away \| drive away \| dwindle \| erode \| evanesce \| evaporate \| exhaust \| exit \| fade \| fade away \| fade out \| flee \| fly \| fool \| fornicate \| fritter away \| gamble away \| go \| go away \| go through \| go to pot \| go to seed \| go to waste \| grovel \| hang the expense \| hide \| lavish \| leak \| leak away \| leave no trace \| leave the scene \| live hard \| make merry \| melt \| melt away \| party \| pass \| pass away \| pass out \| perish \| peter out \| philander \| plunge into dissipation \| rake \| retire from sight \| revel \| roister \| run riot \| run through \| run to seed \| run to waste \| scatter \| seize the day \| shrink \| sink \| sink away \| slather \| sleep around \| sow \| sow broadcast \| spread out \| squander \| suffer an eclipse \| swing \| thin \| thin out \| throw away \| throw money around \| use up \| vanish \| vanish from sight \| vaporize \| volatilize \| wallow \| wanton \| waste \| waste away \| wear \| wear away \| whore \| womanize See Also \| aerosolise \| aerosolize \| break \| consume \| deplete \| disband \| divide \| eat \| eat up \| exhaust \| live \| part \| run through \| separate \| split \| squander \| use up \| volley \| ware \| waste \| wipe out Dissipate In Webster's Dictionary \Dis"sipate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 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. \Dis"sipate\, v. i. 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.

Dissipate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissipate?

[v] spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
[v] move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
[v] to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows."
[v] live a life or pleasure, esp. with respect to alcoholic consumption

Dissipate In Webster's Dictionary

\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. to throw.]
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.


\Dis"si*pate\, v. i.
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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