dissipate
/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/ verb C2- To drive away, disperse. · August 1773, James Cook, journal entry I soon dissipated his fears.
- To use up or waste; squander.
- To vanish by dispersion.
- To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
- To be dissolute in conduct.
He/she/it dissipates · Past dissipated · Past participle dissipated · -ing form dissipating
Verb forms
- Base form
- dissipate
- He/she/it
- dissipates
- Past
- dissipated
- Past participle
- dissipated
- -ing form
- dissipating
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The ice cream was delicious, Marilla, and it was so lovely and dissipated to be sitting there eating it at eleven o’clock at night.
Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.
We heard later that our poor old friend never got over the shock of his dissipated dreams.
I should wish to keep my illusions concerning insects unimpaired; it is quite enough to have those dissipated which I had formed of my fellow-creatures.
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