All 3 Uses of
dissipate
in
Lucky, by Sebold
- I had learned early that if I interrupted him in his study I had better have something that would dissipate his anger at being disturbed.†
Chpt 4 *
- Since that day, if I am made to wait long enough for something I dread, my nervousness dissipates into a steely boredom.†
Chpt 8dissipates = gradually wastes; or gradually disappears
- I looked down at his shoes to dissipate my rage.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste