Both Uses of
dissipate
in
Persuasion
- Neither the dissipations of the past—and she had lived very much in the world—nor the restrictions of the present, neither sickness nor sorrow seemed to have closed her heart or ruined her spirits.†
Chpt 17
- All the surprise and suspense, and every other painful part of the morning dissipated by this conversation, she re-entered the house so happy as to be obliged to find an alloy in some momentary apprehensions of its being impossible to last.†
Chpt 23 *
Definition:
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(dissipate) to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste