dissipate
verb (used with object)
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
had been dissipating
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past perfect progressiveof dissipate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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I retired early because Virginia and I had been dissipating shamefully all the week and my aged bones required a rest....
From The Firing Line by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
