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ˈdissipater Also 6 -our, 7 -or. [f. dissipate v. + -er1: cf. F. dissipateur (15th c. in Littré), L. dissipātor disperser, destroyer.] One who or that which dissipates, disperses, or scatters; one that squanders or wastes.
1537Latimer Serm. bef. Convocation Wks. I. 35 Be these the faithful dispensers of goddis misteries, and nat rather fals dissipatours of them? 1633Ames Agst. Cerem. i. 7 Sammay and Hilles, prophane dissipators of Gods Law. 1799W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVIII. 516 A dissipater of his patrimony. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xv. 1894Baring-Gould Deserts S. France I. 86 The atmosphere when dry is the best..dissipater of the noxious elements. |