About The Word Dilapidate
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Dilapidate
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What's The Definition Of Dilapidate?
[v] bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dilapidate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dilapidate: Dilapidate In Webster's Dictionary \Di*lap"i*date\, v. 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\, v. i. To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. --Johnson. |
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