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verb (used with object)
1.
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
2.
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)
3.
to become scattered or dispersed; be dispelled; disintegrate: The sun shone and the mist dissipated.
4.
to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.
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dis·si·pat·er, dis·si·pa·tor, noun
dis·si·pa·tive, adjective
non·dis·si·pa·tive, adjective
Antonyms
1, 3. unite.
1, 3. unite.
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- It will probably make the pain dissipate faster.
- First of all, tornadoes go through changes before they dissipate.
- Ranchers' historic animosity toward a predator like the jaguar doesn't dissipate easily.
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dissipate
1530s, from L. dissipatus, pp. of dissipare "disperse, squander, disintegrate," from dis- "apart" + supare "to throw, scatter." Related: Dissipated; dissipates; dissipating.
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