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Dissipate Definition And Meaning |
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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"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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