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dissipatory

dissipatory adjective: that dissipates, or causes dissipation.

Adjective

dissipatory (comparative more dissipatory, superlative most dissipatory)

  1. That dissipates, or causes dissipation.

Forms of dissipatory

comparativemore dissipatory
superlativemost dissipatory

Origin of dissipatory

From dissipate + -ory.

Questions about dissipatory

What does dissipatory mean?
Dissipatory means that dissipates, or causes dissipation.
What part of speech is dissipatory?
Dissipatory is an adjective.

Words near dissipatory in the dictionary

  1. dissipatively
  2. dissipativeness
  3. dissipativities
  4. dissipator
  5. dissipators
  6. dissipatory
  7. dissite
  8. disslander
  9. disso
  10. dissociabilities
  11. dissociability

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