dissipate
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dissipate
- /ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/
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The verb is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the adjective from 1606 to 1765; from Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipātus, perfect passive participle of dissipō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), also written dissupō (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supō (“to throw”). Doublet of dissipe (“to dissipate”), now obsolete.
verb dissipates · dissipating · dissipated
- To drive away, disperse. August 1773, James Cook, journal entry I soon dissipated his fears.
- To use up or waste; squander. The vast wealth […] was in three years dissipated.
- To vanish by dispersion.
- To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat. The traction motors serve as generators when dynamic braking is used, the generated output being dissipated in fan-cooled resistance banks mounted in a removable roof section.
- To be dissolute in conduct.
adjective more dissipate · most dissipate
- dissipated
Translations
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verb to drive away
| Español | disipar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | zerstreuen, zerteilen, verscheuchen, lösen, abbauen, zersplittern |
| Italiano | dissipare |
verb to use up or waste
| Español | disipar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | aufbrauchen, verbrauchen, abbauen, auflösen, verschwenden, vergeuden |
| Ελληνικά | διαχέω diachéo |
verb to vanish
| Español | disiparse |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verschwinden, abführen, verflüchtigen, sich auflösen, sich zerteilen, sich zerstreuen |
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