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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.
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.Definition 2024
dilapidate
dilapidate
English
Verb
dilapidate (third-person singular simple present dilapidates, present participle dilapidating, simple past and past participle dilapidated)
- To fall into ruin or disuse.
- To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
- Blackstone
- If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony […]
- 1883, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist, chapter VI
- In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.
- Blackstone
- (figuratively) To squander or waste.
- Wood
- The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.
- Wood
Related terms
Translations
to fall into ruin or disuse
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to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair
to squander or waste
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Italian
Verb
dilapidate
- second-person plural present indicative of dilapidare
- second-person plural imperative of dilapidare
- feminine plural of dilapidato