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Word: Dissipate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- ‘scattered’, from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely’ + supare ‘to throw’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɪsɪpeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear
Short Definition:disappear or cause to disappear
Examples:- the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated
- he wanted to dissipate his anger
Definition:
waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources)
Short Definition:waste money or resources
Examples:- he inherited, but then dissipated, his father's fortune
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