All 3 Uses of
dissipate
in
The Crying of Lot 49
- So much of him already had dissipated.†
Chpt 5 *dissipated = gradually disappeared; or gradually wasted
- She tried to reach out, to whatever coded tenacity of protein might improbably have held on six feet below, still resisting decay—any stubborn quiescence perhaps gathering itself for some last burst, some last scramble up through earth, just-glimmering, holding together with its final strength a transient, winged shape, needing to settle at once in the warm host, or dissipate forever into the dark.†
Chpt 6
- We face this anarchy of jealous German princes, hundreds of them scheming, counterscheming, infighting, dissipating all of the Empire's strength in their useless bickering.†
Chpt 6dissipating = gradually wasting; or gradually disappearing
Definition:
to gradually disappear; or to gradually waste