All 3 Uses of
dissipate
in
David Copperfield
- CHAPTER 24 MY FIRST DISSIPATION It was a wonderfully fine thing to have that lofty castle to myself, and to feel, when I shut my outer door, like Robinson Crusoe, when he had got into his fortification, and pulled his ladder up after him.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- 'You are a dissipated fellow, as all the world knows,' he said, with an effort at a smile, 'and I am afraid you'll oblige me to get rid of you.†
Chpt 52-54
- 'Quite an uncommon dissipation!' said Mr. Chillip, stirring it, 'but I can't resist so extraordinary an occasion.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(dissipate) to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste