dissipate
[ dis-uh-peyt ]
/ ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /
verb (used with object), dis·si·pat·ed, dis·si·pat·ing.
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
verb (used without object), dis·si·pat·ed, dis·si·pat·ing.
to become scattered or dispersed; be dispelled; disintegrate: The sun shone and the mist dissipated.
to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.
Origin of dissipate
SYNONYMS FOR dissipate
1 See
scatter.
3 disappear, vanish.
OTHER WORDS FROM dissipate
dis·si·pat·er, dis·si·pa·tor, noun dis·si·pa·tive, adjective dis·si·pa·tiv·i·ty [dis-uh-puh-tiv-i-tee] /ˌdɪs ə pəˈtɪv ɪ ti/, noun non·dis·si·pa·tive, adjectiveWords nearby dissipate
Example sentences from the Web for dissipative
In practice the vibrations of a system are more or less affected by dissipative forces.
Modest and brave men have looked on low-bosomed women in the glitter of dissipative lights with the same feeling.
The Bishop of Cottontown |John Trotwood Moore
British Dictionary definitions for dissipative
dissipate
/ (ˈdɪsɪˌpeɪt) /
verb
to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion
(tr)
to scatter or break up
(intr)
to indulge in the pursuit of pleasure
Derived forms of dissipate
dissipater or dissipator, noun dissipative, adjectiveWord Origin for dissipate
C15: from Latin
dissipāre to disperse, from
dis-
1 +
supāre to throw