Definitions for dilapidate

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dilapidate di·lap·i·date

Spelling: [dih-lap-i-deyt]

IPA: /dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt/

Dilapidate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 332 anagrams from letters in dilapidate (aaddeiilpt).

Definitions for dilapidate

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):
2. Archaic. to squander; waste.

verb (used without object)

1. to fall into ruin or decay.

Origin of dilapidate

1560-70; Medieval Latin dīlapidātus, past participle of dīlapidāre to squander (compare dīlapidātiō disrepair), Latin: to pelt with stones; see di-²,

Examples for dilapidate

Everything about the villain stream has a dilapidate, broken-down air: the very mud of the Spider Water is rusty.

Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.