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To eat one's words — Eat Eat ([=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Ate} ([=a]t; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. {Eat} ([e^]t); p. p. {Eaten} ([=e]t n), Obs. or Colloq. {Eat} ([e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eating}.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dissipate — dis·si·pate / di sə ˌpāt/ vt pat·ed, pat·ing: to use (marital assets) for one s own benefit and to the exclusion of one s spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable breakdown… … Law dictionary
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