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<h1>Dilaniate</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*la"ni*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dilaniatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dilaniare</ets> to dilacerate; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>laniare</ets> to tear to pieces.]</ety> <def>To rend in pieces; to tear.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Dilaniation</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*la`ni*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dilapidate</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*lap"i*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dilapidated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dilapidating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dilapidare</ets> to scatter like stones; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>lapidare</ets> to throw stones, fr. <ets>lapis</ets> a stone. See <er>Lapidary</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., <b>dilapidates</b> the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.</def>

<blockquote>The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much <b>dilapidated</b>. <i>Wood.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dilapidate</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*lap"i*date</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; <as>as, the church was suffered to <ex>dilapidate</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Dilapidated</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*lap"i*da`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.</def>

<blockquote>A deserted and <b>dilapidated</b> buildings. <i>Cooper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dilapidation</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*lap`i*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dilapidatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dilapidation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.</def>

<blockquote>Tell the people that are relived by the <b>dilapidation</b> of their public estate. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.</def>

<blockquote>The business of <b>dilapidations</b> came on between our bishop and the Archibishop of York. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Dilapidator</h1> <Xpage=412>

<hw>Di*lap"i*da`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dilapidateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who causes dilapidation.</def>

<i>Strype.</i>