† dissipev.
Obsolete. rare.
= dissipate v.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight
to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225
fleya1225
forchasea1400
ruse?a1425
skailc1425
dislodgea1450
to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489
to turn to or into flight1526
discamp1566
flightc1571
dissipate1596
to put to (a, the) rout1596
dissipe1597
rout1600
disrout1626
derout1637
to beat off1650
to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > move away in all directions (of things)
spreada1382
dissipe1597
dispel1643
dissipate1660
break1827
to spread off1850
1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 381 The vaines of the head being opened, letteth generation, because of the animal spirits which dissipe.
1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus in Parl. Vertues Royal I have oft seene armies dissiped.
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