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dissipate
('d/I/s/@/,p/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • to cause to separate and go in different directions(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • move away from each other(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • spend frivolously and unwisely(verb.consumption)
    source: wordnet30
  • live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption(verb.stative)
    source: wordnet30
  • To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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