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dissipate (v.) early 15c.
dissipaten , scatter or drive off in all directions, from Latin dissipatus , past participle of dissipare to spread abroad, scatter, disperse squander, disintegrate, from dis- apart (see dis- ) + supare to throw, scatter, which is apparently from a PIE *supi- to throw, sling, cast (source also of Lithuanian supu, supti to swing, rock, Old Church Slavonic supo to strew).
dissipate early 15c.
dissipaten , scatter or drive off in all directions, from Latin dissipatus , past participle of dissipare to spread abroad, scatter, disperse squander, disintegrate, from dis- apart (see dis- ) + supare to throw, scatter, which is apparently from a PIE *supi- to throw, sling, cast (source also of Lithuanian supu, supti to swing, rock, Old Church Slavonic supo to strew).
dissipate To engage in extravagant, excessive, or dissolute pleasures be loose in conduct. Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary v.t Dissipate dis?i-p?t to scatter: to squander: to waste, History and Etymology for dissipate. Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare, dissupare, from dis-+ supare to throw, dissipated (adj.) c. 1600, scattered, wasted, frittered away, past-participle adjective from dissipate (v.). By 1744 as characterized by extravagant, excessive, or dissolute pleasures, intemperate.
dissipation (n.) early 15c.
dissipacioun, disintegration, dissolution, from Latin dissipationem (nominative dissipatio) a scattering, noun of action from past-participle stem of dissipare to spread abroad, scatter, disperse squander, disintegrate (see dissipate ). Sense of act of wasting by misuse, wasteful expenditure or consumption is …
Etymology . dissipate +? -or. Noun . dissipator (plural dissipators) One who, or that which, dissipates something. Latin Verb . dissip?tor. second-person singular future passive imperative of dissip …
Also, the human body dissipates 20% of the caffeine in the system each hour. dissipative Tending to dissipate or disperse dispersive. dissipative Of or pertaining to the phenomenon of the dissipation of energy. See energy. ***.
dispassionate (adj.) 1590s, of persons, free from passions, calm, disposed 1640s, not dictated by passion, impartial from dis- the opposite of + passionate. Related: Dispassiona tely.
