verb, -pat⋅ed, -pat⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
dis·si·pate (dĭs'ə-pāt') v. dis·si·pat·ed, dis·si·pat·ing, dis·si·pates v. tr.
[Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipāre, dissipāt-.] dis'si·pat'er, dis'si·pa'tor n., dis'si·pa'tive adj. |