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单词 dilapidate
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dilapidateadj.

Forms: Also 1600s delapidat.
Etymology: < Latin dīlapidātus, past participle of dīlapidāre : see dilapidate v.
Obsolete or archaic.
=dilapidated adj. (Chiefly as past participle)
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous
brychec1000
forcrazedc1320
falling-downc1384
ruinousc1384
forwordenc1450
ruin1467
failed1490
ruinatea1538
ruinated1555
ruined1560
ragged1565
dilapidate1590
through-shot1596
tattered1599
tottered1615
dilapidateda1806
delabrated1813
broken-down1816
tumble-down1819
run-down1832
tumblyc1855
raggedy1921
shot through1926
shot to hell or pieces1926
raddled1949
1590 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Maitland) 408 All quho have dilapidat benefices..to the preiudice of the Kirk.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 114 It was taken An. 1622, and by them delapidat and depopulated.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 29 The keep, even in Leland's time..somewhat dilapidate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

dilapidatev.

/dɪˈlapɪdeɪt/
Forms: Also 1600s–1800s de-.
Etymology: < Latin dīlapidāre lit. ‘to scatter as if throwing stones’, to throw away, destroy, < di-, dis- asunder + lapidāre to throw stones, < lapid-em stone. Taken in English in a more literal sense than was usual in Latin.
1. transitive. To bring (a building) into a state of decay or of partial ruin. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > dilapidate
wastec1450
dilapidate1570
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Div/1 To Dilapidate, dilapidare.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 216 A ruined Chappell..built by the Spaniard, and delapidated by the Dutch.
1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands I. 116 It has been sadly dilapidated of late, to obtain stones to build a house.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 14 The whole side was dilapidated, and seemed like the wing of a house shut up.
1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 208 His whole figure suddenly dilapidates itself, assuming a tremble of professional weakness.
2. figurative. To waste, squander (a benefice or estate).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]
forspendc893
scatter1154
dispend1303
waste1340
misspendc1390
miswastec1400
consumec1425
waste1474
profund1527
lasha1535
prodige1538
lavish1542
to play away1562
riot1566
embezzle1578
dilapidate1590
squander1593
confound1598
to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600
prodigalize1611
profuse1611
squander1611
paddle1616
bezzle1617
to run out of ——1622
to piss away1628
prodigal1628
decoct1629
to bangle (away)1632
debauch1632
deboise1632
to fribble away1633
to fool out1635
to run outa1640
to fiddle away1667
slattera1681
dissipate1682
to play off1693
duck-and-drake1700
liquidate1702
sparkle away1703
waster1821
befool1861
to frivol away1866
to play (at) duck and drake with1872
to fling away1873
mislive1887
slather1904
mucker1928
profligate1938
peter1956
spaff2002
1590 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Maitland) 408 All quho have dilapidat benefices..to the preiudice of the Kirk.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 168 Those who by overbuilding their houses have dilapidated their lands.
a1711 T. Ken Serm. preached at Whitehall in Prose Wks. (1838) 160 Nothing..more certainly dilapidates their estates..than the surfeits of intemperance.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. vi. 255 Having dilapidated the revenues.
absolute.1692 H. Wharton Def. Pluralities iii. 159 Many Pluralists..do neither dilapidate, nor neglect alms.
3. intransitive. To become dilapidated; to fall into ruin, decay, or disrepair.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > be dilapidated or ruined > fall into ruins
to-reosea900
fallOE
tumblea1400
ruinate1562
lapse1620
dilapidate1712
fail1776
1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 25 [Charged] with the supervisal..of..the..House, to see that [it] be [not] permitted to dilapidate and fall into decay.
1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 47 The church of Elgin..was..shamefully suffered to dilapidate by deliberate robbery and frigid indifference.
1848 T. De Quincey Wks. A. Pope in N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 318 To find one's fortune dilapidating by changes so rapid.

Derivatives

diˈlapidating adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > becoming dilapidated or ruinous
ruinatinga1661
ruining1685
dilapidating1781
wrecking1903
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > causing dilapidation
dilapidating1781
1781 S. Johnson Dyer in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 6 In the neighbourhood of dilapidating Edifices.
1805 T. D. Whitaker Hist. Craven 500 How..are our dilapidating churches to be rebuilt?
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 220 Thirty years..[have] exerted their dilapidating effects on [the obelisks].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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