Definition of dissipate

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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..

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Fast :: Fast (v.) Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver..
Dissipate :: Dissipate (v. t.) To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
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..
Evaporate :: Evaporate (v. t.) To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible..
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..
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..
Dissipativity :: Dissipativity (n.) The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
Consumable :: Consumable (a.) Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent..
Squander :: Squander (v. t.) To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate..
Indissipable :: Indissipable (a.) Incapable o/ being dissipated.
Debauched :: Debauched (a.) Dissolute; dissipated.
Dissipated :: Dissipated (imp. & p. p.) of Dissipat.
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away..
Disperse :: Disperse (v. t.) To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors..
Embezzle :: Embezzle (v. t.) To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance.
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.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
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