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