dissipate

[Dis·si*pate]

Dissipate means "disperse" or "fade away" as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough.

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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
spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"

Verb
move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

Verb
to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

Verb
live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

v. t.
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

v. t.
To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

Dissipate

Dis"si*pate, v. i. 1. 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. 2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

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.

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Usage Examples

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

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Other Usage Examples

Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.