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.


(v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.


(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.


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



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Dissidence   Dissident   Dissidently   Dissilience   Dissiliency   Dissilient   Dissilition   Dissimilar   Dissimilarity   Dissimilarly  


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