dissipate
dissipate [ DIS-uh'-peyt ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr. v.) to spread out or disperse 2. (tr. v.) to squander, use up or spend wastefully 3. (intr. v.) to vanish or become invisible 4. (intr. v.) indulge in the intemperate pursuit of pleasure USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The farmer dissipated the seeds over the ploughed area of the field An antonym of this word would be conflation