Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dissipate
Dissipate
dissipate
v. 1 a tr. cause (a cloud, vapour, fear, darkness, etc.) to disappear or disperse. b intr. disperse, scatter, disappear. 2 intr. & tr. break up; bring or come to nothing. 3 tr. squander or fritter away (money, energy, etc.). 4 intr. (as dissipated adj.) given to dissipation, dissolute. Derivatives dissipater n. dissipative adj. dissipator n. Etymology: L dissipare dissipat- (as DIS-, sipare (unrecorded) throw)
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verb (-pated; -pating) Etymology: Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, dissupare, from dis+ supare to throw Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to break up and drive off (as a crowd), to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish , to lose (as heat or electricity) irrecoverably, to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly , intransitive verb to break up and scatter or vanish , to be extravagant or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure, see: scatter ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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