DISSIPATE
\dˈɪsɪpˌe͡ɪt], \dˈɪsɪpˌeɪt], \d_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_p_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DISSIPATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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to cause to separate and go in different directions, of crowds, for example; "She waved her hand and scattered the crows."
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
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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.
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To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
By Oddity Software
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To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
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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.
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To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
By Noah Webster.
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To spend one's energies intemperately.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To throw apart or spread abroad: to scatter: to squander: to waste.
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To separate and disappear: to waste away.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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