The Only Use of "dissipate" in "The Grapes of Wrath"

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The Only Use

dissipate
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The Grapes of Wrath
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In the last part of May the sky grew pale and the clouds that had hung in high puffs for so long in the spring were dissipated.†
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dissipated = gradually disappeared; or gradually wasted

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(1) (dissipate)
to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)