di|lap|i|date

di|lap|i|date
di|lap|i|date «duh LAP uh dayt», verb, -dat|ed, -dat|ing.
–v.t.
1. to cause or allow to fall into ruin or decay: »

Time had dilapidated the old mansion.

2. Figurative. to squander; waste: »

to dilapidate an estate.

–v.i.
to fall into ruin or decay.
[< Latin dīlapidāre (with English -ate1) destroy with stones < dis- (intensive) + lapidāre to stone < lapis, -idis stone]

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