Definition of dilapidate Dilapidate

/dʌlæˈpʌdejˌt/ - [dulatpudeyt] - di•lap•i•date

We found 11 definitions of dilapidate from 6 different sources.

What does dilapidate mean?

Verb dilapidates, dilapidating, dilapidated
dilapidate - bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
		destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
dilapidate - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
		decay, crumble
		change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
		deteriorate become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
		corrode, rust become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"
		weather change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"
		eat at, gnaw at, erode, gnaw, wear away remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
		wilt, droop become limp; "The flowers wilted"
		ruin fall into ruin
		wear out, fall apart, bust, wear, break lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died"

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dilapidate (v. t.)
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.
dilapidate (v. t.)
To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
dilapidate (v. i.)
To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.

dilapidate
di-lap′i-dāt, v.t. to pull stone from stone: to lay waste: to suffer to go to ruin.—adj. Dilap′idated, in ruins.—ns. Dilapidā′tion, the state of ruin: impairing of church property during an incumbency: (pl.) money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage, &c. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent; Dilap′idator. [L. dilapidāre—di, asunder, lapis, lapidis, a stone.]