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adjective

Dilapidated adj. Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect. "A deserted and dilapidated buildings."

verb

Dilapidate v. t. (past & past part. dilapidated; pres. part. dilapidating)

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."

To impair by waste and abuse; to squander. "The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated."

Dilapidate v. i. To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.

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Etymology of 'Dilapidated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dilapidated" Quotes from Famous Books

... property in the Strand, and who was the first promoter of the Phoenix Fire Office. It seems to have been thought at the time that Newton was somewhat despotic in his announcement of the removal, and the members in council grumbled at the new house, and complained of it as small, inconvenient, and dilapidated. Nevertheless, Sir Isaac, unaccustomed to opposition, overruled all these objections, and the society flourished in this Fleet Street "close" seventy-two years. Before the society came to Crane Court, Pepys and Wren had been presidents; while at Crane Court the presidents were—Newton ...

— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

... the woebegone figure of adventure had set on fire her mother instinct and her sense of passionate romance. She saw him young, without the tangled beard, without the rags, without the dilapidated boots. She saw him in her mind as a warrior hero, storming difficulty, despising danger, wandering beneath the stars, a being resplendent as a prince and fearless as a deity. He was a sun of the morning, and the dawn was in his glorious ...

— The Extra Day • Algernon Blackwood

... The dilapidated marble facade of the church and its rugged stone-work are exceedingly ancient—dating in fact from the eleventh century; the new building is by Brunelleschi and to my mind is one of his most beautiful works, its lovely proportions and cool, unfretted white spaces communicating even more pleasure ...

— A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas

... were on guard; some in the guard-house, and others too modest; and so, to many, the innocent visitor became a sort of pleasant agony; as it were, a "bitter sweet." Nothing ever so promptly convinced a Confederate soldier that he was dilapidated and not altogether as neat as he might be, as sudden precipitation into the presence of a neatly dressed, refined, and modest woman. Fortunately for the men, the women loved the very rags they wore, if they were gray; and when the war ended, they welcomed with open ...

— Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 • Carlton McCarthy

... Road there is a small inn, rather dilapidated and not attractive to travellers. Its customers are yokels from the neighbouring village, but occasionally a gentleman may be found warming himself at the open hearth and drinking the best that the house contains. Such a gentleman invariably rides a good horse, and is the recipient of open-mouthed ...

— The Brown Mask • Percy J. Brebner

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