DISSIPATE


Meaning of DISSIPATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdi-sə-ˌpāt ]

verb

( -pat·ed ; -pat·ing )

Etymology: Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, dissupare, from dis- + supare to throw

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to break up and drive off (as a crowd)

b. : to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish

one's sympathy is eventually dissipated — Andrew Feinberg

c. : to lose (as heat or electricity) irrecoverably

2. : to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly

dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures

intransitive verb

1. : to break up and scatter or vanish

the clouds soon dissipated

the team's early momentum has dissipated

2. : to be extravagant or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure ; especially : to drink to excess

Synonyms: see scatter

• dis·si·pat·er noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.