All 4 Uses of
dissipate
in
Emma
- While he staid, the Martins were forgotten; and on the very morning of his setting off for Bath again, Emma, to dissipate some of the distress it occasioned, judged it best for her to return Elizabeth Martin's visit.†
Chpt 2.3-4
- Upon my word we shall be absolutely dissipated.†
Chpt 2.15-16 *
- But you, (turning to Mr. Knightley,) who know how very, very seldom I am ever two hours from Hartfield, why you should foresee such a series of dissipation for me, I cannot imagine.†
Chpt 2.17-18
- It reminded her of their first forlorn tete-a-tete, on the evening of Mrs. Weston's wedding-day; but Mr. Knightley had walked in then, soon after tea, and dissipated every melancholy fancy.†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(dissipate) to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste