Bible Dictionaries
Dilapidate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dilapidate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dilapidate.html. 1828.