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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

dissipate

/(dĭs"sĭ*pāt)/ · dis·si·pate · IPA /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/
01 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 re…
imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating
  1. 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. 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.
02 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…
  1. 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. 2.
    To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.