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Webster 1913 Edition

Dilapidate

Di-lap′i-date

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dilapidated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dilapidating
.]
[L.
dilapidare
to scatter like stones;
di- = dis-
+
lapidare
to throw stones, fr.
lapis
a stone. See
Lapidary
.]
1.
To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; – said of a building.
If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc.,
dilapidates
the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony.
Blackstone.
2.
To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much
dilapidated
.
Wood.

Di-lap′i-date

,
Verb.
I.
To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed;
as, the church was suffered to
dilapidate
.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dilapidate

DILAPIDATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to stone; a stone. It seems originally to have signified to pull down stone-work, or to suffer such work to fall to pieces.] To go to ruin; to fall by decay.

DILAPIDATE

, v.t.
1.
To pull down; to waste or destroy; to suffer to go to ruin.
If the bishop, parson, or vicar, &c., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony of the church--
2.
To waste; to squander.

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