Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dilapidate
Participle: dilapidated
Gerund: dilapidating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dilapidate |
| you | dilapidate |
| he;she;it | dilapidates |
| we | dilapidate |
| you | dilapidate |
| they | dilapidate |
Perfect
| I | have dilapidated |
| you | have dilapidated |
| he;she;it | has dilapidated |
| we | have dilapidated |
| you | have dilapidated |
| they | have dilapidated |
Past
| I | dilapidated |
| you | dilapidated |
| he;she;it | dilapidated |
| we | dilapidated |
| you | dilapidated |
| they | dilapidated |
Pluperfect
| I | had dilapidated |
| you | had dilapidated |
| he;she;it | had dilapidated |
| we | had dilapidated |
| you | had dilapidated |
| they | had dilapidated |
Future
| I | will dilapidate |
| you | will dilapidate |
| he;she;it | will dilapidate |
| we | will dilapidate |
| you | will dilapidate |
| they | will dilapidate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dilapidated |
| you | will have dilapidated |
| he;she;it | will have dilapidated |
| we | will have dilapidated |
| you | will have dilapidated |
| they | will have dilapidated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dilapidate |
| you | dilapidate |
| he;she;it | dilapidate |
| we | dilapidate |
| you | dilapidate |
| they | dilapidate |
Perfect
| I | have dilapidated |
| you | have dilapidated |
| he;she;it | have dilapidated |
| we | have dilapidated |
| you | have dilapidated |
| they | have dilapidated |
Imperfect
| I | dilapidated |
| you | dilapidated |
| he;she;it | dilapidated |
| we | dilapidated |
| you | dilapidated |
| they | dilapidated |
Pluperfect
| I | had dilapidated |
| you | had dilapidated |
| he;she;it | had dilapidated |
| we | had dilapidated |
| you | had dilapidated |
| they | had dilapidated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dilapidate |
| you | would dilapidate |
| he;she;it | would dilapidate |
| we | would dilapidate |
| you | would dilapidate |
| they | would dilapidate |
Perfect
| I | would have dilapidated |
| you | would have dilapidated |
| he;she;it | would have dilapidated |
| we | would have dilapidated |
| you | would have dilapidated |
| they | would have dilapidated |
Imperative
| you | dilapidate |
| we | Let's dilapidate |
| you | dilapidate |
Verbs conjugated like 'dilapidate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dilapidate'
delipidate,
dilaniate,
dilucidate,
inlapidate,
lapidate,
bicapitate,
deamidate,
decapitate,
decapsidate,
delaminate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin dilapidō (“to scatter, consume, throw away”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“asunder”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”). Compare French dilapider. See: French '
dilapider'.
Sample Sentences
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If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony[…] [1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:]
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In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year. [1883, George Bernard Shaw, chapter VI, in An Unsocial Socialist:]
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The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. [1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses:]