English to English
dissipate
('d/I/s/@/,p/eI/t
)
verb (v)
- spend frivolously and unwisely(verb.consumption)source: wordnet30
- live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption(verb.stative)source: wordnet30
- To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913