What does "dilapidate" mean?
Dilapidate: To impair by waste and abuse; to squander. The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. Wood.
Additional senses
- 2.To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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