Definition of dissipate

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Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation..

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Scatter :: Scatter (v. t.) To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
Evanesce :: Evanesce (v. i.) To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
Dissipated :: Dissipated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissipat.
Bloat :: Bloat (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow..
Bummer :: Bummer (n.) An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger..
Gay :: Gay (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. i.) To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation..
Dispel :: Dispel (v. t.) To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. i.) 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..
Evaporable :: Evaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation..
Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
Dissipative :: Dissipative (a.) Tending to dissipate.
Evaporate :: Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation..
Scatter :: Scatter (v. i.) To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm..
Prodigally :: Prodigally (adv.) In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated..
Dissipativity :: Dissipativity (n.) The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
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