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dissipatedissipate /ˈdɪsəˌpeɪt/ verb formal ETYMOLOGYdissipateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin dissipare, from supare to throw VERB TABLEdissipate |
Present | I, you, we, they | dissipate | | he, she, it | dissipates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dissipated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dissipated | | he, she, it | has dissipated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dissipated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dissipate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dissipated |
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Present | I | am dissipating | | he, she, it | is dissipating | | you, we, they | are dissipating | Past | I, he, she, it | was dissipating | | you, we, they | were dissipating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dissipating | | he, she, it | has been dissipating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dissipating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dissipating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dissipating |
1[intransitive, transitive] science to gradually spread out or disappear, or to make something do this: The gas cloud had dissipated by late morning.2[intransitive, transitive] if feelings dissipate or something dissipates them, they gradually become weaker until you do not feel them anymore: Exercise can help dissipate stress.3[transitive] disapproving to gradually waste something such as money or energy by trying to do a lot of different or unnecessary things: She had dissipated her fortune by the time she was 25. |