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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•si•pate /ˈdɪsəˌpeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. - to (cause to) become scattered in various directions;
disperse: [no object]The fog dissipated when the sun rose.[~ + object]The police managed to dissipate the mob in minutes. - to spend wastefully;
misspend:[~ + object]He dissipated his large inheritance.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•si•pate (dis′ə pāt′),USA pronunciation v., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. v.t. - to scatter in various directions; disperse;
dispel. - to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly;
squander;
deplete:to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
v.i. - to become scattered or dispersed;
be dispelled;
disintegrate:The sun shone and the mist dissipated. - to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.
- Latin dissipātus (past participle of dissipāre, dissupāre to scatter); see -ate1
- 1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See scatter.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disappear, vanish.
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unite.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dissipate /ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪt/ vb - to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion
- (transitive) to scatter or break up
- (intransitive) to indulge in the pursuit of pleasure
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin dissipāre to disperse, from dis-1 + supāre to throwˈdissiˌpater, ˈdissiˌpator n ˈdissiˌpative adj |