DILAPIDATE, v.i. [L., to stone; a stone. It See ms 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, v.t.
1. To pull down; to waste or destroy; to suffer to go to ruin.
If the bishop, parson, or vicar, _c., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony of the church--
2. To waste; to squander.
