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dissipate (verb)

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  • dissipate — ► VERB 1) be or cause to be dispelled or dispersed. 2) waste (money, energy, or resources). DERIVATIVES dissipative adjective dissipator (also dissipater) noun. ORIGIN Latin dissipare scatter …   English terms dictionary

  • dissipate — dis·si·pate / di sə ˌpāt/ vt pat·ed, pat·ing: to use (marital assets) for one s own benefit and to the exclusion of one s spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable breakdown… …   Law dictionary

  • dissipate — dis si*pate (d[i^]s s[i^]*p[=a]t), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dissipate — verb /ˈdɪsəpeɪt/ a) To drive away, disperse. So much for the effort and ingenuity of Montmartre. All the catering to vice and waste was on an utterly childish scale, and he suddenly realized the meaning of the word dissipate to dissipate into… …   Wiktionary

  • dissipate — verb Dissipate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑energy Dissipate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heat …   Collocations dictionary

  • dissipate — verb ( pated; pating) Etymology: Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, dissupare, from dis + supare to throw Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to break up and drive off (as a crowd) b. to cause to spread thin or …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dissipate — verb formal 1 (I, T) to scatter or disappear, or make something do this: England s arrogance was dissipated by a 1 0 defeat by the United States. 2 (T) to gradually waste something such as money or energy by trying to do a lot of different or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dissipate — verb 1) his anger dissipated Syn: disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled; disperse, scatter; literary evanesce See note at scatter 2) he dissipated his fortune …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • dissipate — UK [ˈdɪsɪpeɪt] / US [ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪt] verb Word forms dissipate : present tense I/you/we/they dissipate he/she/it dissipates present participle dissipating past tense dissipated past participle dissipated formal 1) [intransitive/transitive] to… …   English dictionary

  • dissipate — [[t]dɪ̱sɪpeɪt[/t]] dissipates, dissipating, dissipated 1) V ERG When something dissipates or when you dissipate it, it becomes less or becomes less strong until it disappears or goes away completely. [FORMAL] The tension in the room had… …   English dictionary

  • dissipate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scatter, dispel, diffuse; waste, squander. See use, dispersion, impurity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dispel] Syn. scatter, disperse, diffuse, disseminate; see scatter 2 . 2. [To squander] Syn. use… …   English dictionary for students

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