Found 3 items, similar to dilapidate.
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Definition: dilapidate
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Definition: dilapidate
dilapidate
v : bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect
or misuse
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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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.
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If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates
the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the
patrimony. --Blackstone.
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2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
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The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much
dilapidated. --Wood.
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