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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dissipatioun, n. [e.m.E. dissipacion (1545), -ation, L. -ātio.] Dispersal. —c1650 Spalding II. 30.
God turned it to the confusioun of languages, and dissipatioun of the people
