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Definition of Dilapidate

Dilapidate
Dilapidate 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.
Dilapidate
Dilapidate 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.

Meaning of Dilapidate from wikipedia

- Dilapidation is a term meaning a destructive event to a building, but more particularly used in the plural in English law for the waste committed by the...
- housing and declining federal spending in this area served to further dilapidate this and the other area projects. By the mid-1980s, Jordan Downs was known...
- family had abandoned the building after World War II and it had started to dilapidate. Other scenes were shot at the Grand Trianon in Versailles, and in two...
- lachrymose lacus lac- lacuna, lacustrine, lagoon, lake lapis lapid- stone dilapidate, lapidary l****us l****- l****itude latex latic- liquid laticifer latus lat-...
- λαμπάς (lampás) lamp, lamprid, Lampris lapid- stone Latin lapis, lapidis dilapidate, dilapidation, lapidarian, lapidary, lapidate, lapidation, lapidator,...
- among them. O my eyes! shed tears flowing, since one quickens having a dilapidate place. O my eyes! weep and pour forth rapture, grief and deep sorrow for...
- shut down and the Hindu community believes that the temple is going to dilapidate day by day without being handed over to them. In Punjab, a Hindu temple...
- let snowplows and other equipment stay parked outdoors, causing them to dilapidate into a state of disrepair. The 720-square-meter (7,800 sq ft) structure...
- set was redressed several times to resemble a cluttered farmhouse with dilapidating farm buildings. The Kettles' farmhouse did not appear in Ma and Pa Kettle...
- expensive mbari. The mbari house is not a source of worship and is left to dilapidate, being reabsorbed by nature in symbolic sense related to Ala. Before the...