dissipate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin dissipatus, pp. of dissipare, also written dissupare (“‘to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate’”) < dis- (“‘apart’”) + supare (“‘to throw’”), also in comp. insipare (“‘to throw into’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪsəpeɪt/, SAMPA: /"dIs@peIt/

[edit] Verb

to dissipate (third-person singular simple present dissipates, present participle dissipating, simple past and past participle dissipated)

1. To drive away, disperse.
2. To use up or waste.
3. To vanish by dispersion.

[edit] Related terms

• dissipation

[edit] Translations

• French: dissiper (2,3)
• Ido: disipar (2), dispersar (3)
• Greek: διαχέω

[edit] External links

• dissipate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• dissipate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

dissipate

1. Second-person plural present tense of dissipare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of dissipare.
3. Feminine plural of dissipato.