DILAPIDATE, verb intransitive [Latin , 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, verb transitive 1. To pull down; to waste or destroy; to suffer to go to ruin. If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony of the church-- 2. To waste; to squander.
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