Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-LAP'I-DATE
DI-LAP'I-DATE, v.t.
- To pull down; to waste or destroy; to suffer to go to ruin. If the bishop, parson, or vicar, &c., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony of the church. – Blackstone.
- To waste; to squander.
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