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dis"si*pate (dĭs"sĭ*p&ā;t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [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.
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Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden.
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I soon dissipated his fears. Cook.
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The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt.
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2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
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The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.
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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.
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2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
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