DISSIPATE

dissipate. Dissipate, v.t. to disperse, squander, spend

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Dis″si‐pate (dĭs″sĭ‐pāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [[L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]] 1. 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; — used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt. 2. 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet. Syn. — To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.