Definition of dissipate

"dissipate" in the verb sense

1. disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter

to cause to separate and go in different directions

"She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

2. disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

move away from each other

"The crowds dispersed"

"The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"

3. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away

spend frivolously and unwisely

"Fritter away one's inheritance"

4. dissipate

live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

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Quotations for dissipate

Avoid law suits beyond all things; they influence your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. [ La Bruyere ]

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. [ Johnson ]

The vengeful thought that has root merely in the mind is but a dream of idlest sort which one clear day will dissipate; while revenge, the passion, is a disease of the heart which climbs up, up to the brain, and feeds itself on both alike. [ Lew Wallace ]

Where are Shakespeare's imagination, Bacon's learning, Galileo's dream? Where is the sweet fancy of Sidney, the airy spirit of Fletcher, and Milton's thought severe? Methinks such things should not die and dissipate, when a hair can live for centuries, and a brick of Egypt will last three thousand years. I am content to believe that the mind of man survives, somehow or other, his clay. [ Barry Cornwall ]

dissipate in Scrabble®

The word dissipate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters dissipate:

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

daisies, pasties

 

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dissipate in Words With Friends™

The word dissipate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dissipate:

DISSIPATE
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

daisies, pasties

 

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Words containing the sequence dissipate

Words that start with dissipate (5 words)

Words with dissipate in them (3 words)

Words that end with dissipate (1 word)

Word Growth involving dissipate

Shorter words in dissipate

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Longer words containing dissipate

dissipated nondissipated

dissipated undissipated

dissipater dissipaters

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