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DISSIPATE
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
(verb) spend frivolously and unwisely; “Fritter away one’s inheritance”
disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
(verb) move away from each other; “The crowds dispersed”; “The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached”
disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions; “She waved her hand and scattered the crowds”
dissipate
(verb) live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
dissipate (third-person singular simple present dissipates, present participle dissipating, simple past and past participle dissipated)
(transitive) To drive away, disperse.
(transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
(intransitive, colloquial, dated) To be dissolute in conduct.
(physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis"si*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] Etym: [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.
Syn.
– To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.
Dis"si*pate, v. i.
1. 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.
2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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