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Definition
to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste
- This love-dream had been my support through many trials; and I could not bear to run the risk of having it suddenly dissipated.7 — The Lover (22% in)
- Finally, I ascertained that she felt troubled about the dissipation that was continually going on in the house.36 — The Hairbreadth Escape (17% in)
- He was brought home, deprived of the use of his limbs, by excessive dissipation.40 — The Fugitive Slave Law (43% in)
There are no more uses of "dissipate" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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