Word
Dissipate
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
dis-si-pate
Definition
- 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.
- v. t. - To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to
squander.
- 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.
- v. i. - To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the
pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
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