Both Uses of
dissipate
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
- His face is still good looking, despite marks of dissipation, but it has never been handsome like Tyrone's, although Jamie resembles him rather than his mother.†
Act 1 *
- Even before that when he was in prep school, he began dissipating and playing the Broadway sport to imitate you, when he's never had your constitution to stand it.†
Act 1dissipating = gradually wasting; or gradually disappearing
Definition:
to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste