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Pronunciation : Dis"si*pate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dis"si*pate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913