Dissipate

·vt To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to Squander.

II. Dissipate ·vi To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

III. Dissipate ·vt To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear;

— used ·esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

IV. Dissipate ·vi 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.