Definition of Dissipate

1. Verb. To cause to separate and go in different directions. "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Exact synonyms: Break Up, Dispel, Disperse, Scatter
Specialized synonyms: Disband
Generic synonyms: Divide, Separate
Derivative terms: Dispersion, Dissipation, Scatter, Scatter, Scattering, Scattering

2. Verb. Move away from each other. "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
Exact synonyms: Disperse, Scatter, Spread Out
Specialized synonyms: Aerosolise, Aerosolize, Break, Volley
Generic synonyms: Part, Separate, Split
Derivative terms: Dispersion, Dissipation, Scatter, Scatter, Scattering

3. Verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely. "Fritter away one's inheritance"

4. Verb. Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption.
Generic synonyms: Live
Derivative terms: Dissipation

Definition of Dissipate

1. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Dissipate

1. Verb. To drive away, disperse. ¹

2. Verb. To use up or waste. ¹

3. Verb. To vanish by dispersion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissipate

1. [v -PATED, -PATING, -PATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissipate

dissimilitude
dissimilitudes
dissimulate
dissimulated
dissimulates
dissimulating
dissimulatingly
dissimulation
dissimulations
dissimulative
dissimulator
dissimulators
dissimulour
dissing
dissipable
dissipate (current term)
dissipated
dissipatedly
dissipatedness
dissipater
dissipaters
dissipates
dissipating
dissipation
dissipation function
dissipation functions
dissipational
dissipationless
dissipations
dissipative

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