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Dilapidated
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di·lap·i·dat·ed       [di-lap-i-dey-tid] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
[Origin: 1800–10; dilapidate + -ed2]

—Synonyms run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, rickety.
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di·lap·i·date       [di-lap-i-deyt] Pronunciation Key verb -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
2.Archaic. to squander; waste.
–verb (used without object)
3.to fall into ruin or decay.
[Origin: 1560–70; < ML dīlapidātus, ptp. of dīlapidāre to squander (cf. dīlapidātiō disrepair), L: to pelt with stones; see di-2, lapidate]

—Related forms
di·lap·i·da·tion, noun
di·lap·i·da·tor, noun
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di·lap·i·date       (dĭ-lāp'ĭ-dāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr. & intr.v.   di·lap·i·dat·ed, di·lap·i·dat·ing, di·lap·i·dates
  1. To bring or fall into a state of partial ruin, decay, or disrepair.
  2. Archaic To squander; waste.


[Latin dīlapidāre, dīlapidāt-, to demolish, destroy : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + lapidāre, to throw stones (from lapis, lapid-, stone).]

di·lap'i·da'tion n.
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di·lap·i·dat·ed       (dĭ-lāp'ĭ-dā'tĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.

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dilapidated

adjective
in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled] 

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Dilapidated

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.

If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony. --Blackstone.

2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. --Wood.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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