'Dissipating' definitions:

Definition of 'Dissipating'

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  • dissipate \dis"si*pate\ (d[i^]s"s[i^]*p[=a]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. [1913 Webster]
  • Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden. [1913 Webster]
  • I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook. [1913 Webster]
  • The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. [1913 Webster]
  • The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet.
  • Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. [1913 Webster]

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