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DILAPIDATE, v.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.
1913 Definition
Dilapidate (dilapidate)
v. t.(?)
Di*lap"i*date
[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
  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.

  3. 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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