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What does "dissipate" mean?

Dissipate: To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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. 3.To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

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