See Also: escarp(1)(dictionary)
escarp(2)(dictionary)

dissipate (oh) and escarp(2) (iou)


dissipate (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: dissipare, from supare 'to throw']
[I and T] to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely, or to make something do this
::As he thought it over, his anger gradually dissipated.
::Little by little, the smoke was dissipated by the breeze.
[T] to waste something valuable such as time, money, or energy
::His savings were soon dissipated.

escarp(2) (iou)



escarp verb trans. E18.
[French escarper, formed as ESCARP noun.]
Make into or provide with an escarp.