If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony[…]
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Dilapidate
Synonyms for "dilapidate" (24 found)
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Translations
44 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- прахосвам verb (to squander or waste)
- разнебитвам се verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- разрушавам verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- руша verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Czech
3 entries- chátrat verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- ruinovat verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- ruinovat verb (to squander or waste)
Danish
2 entries- forfalde verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- lade forfalde verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Finnish
3 entries- hävittää verb (to squander or waste)
- rapistua verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- rapistuttaa verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
French
2 entries- dilapider verb (to squander or waste)
- délabrer verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Hungarian
1 entries- lepukkan verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
Italian
4 entries- buttare via verb (to squander or waste)
- dilapidare verb (to squander or waste)
- gettare alle ortiche verb (to squander or waste)
- sperperare verb (to squander or waste)
Ladino
2 entries- despedrer verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- desperyer verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- forfalle verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- la forfalle verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- ødelegge verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Polish
3 entries- popaść w ruinę verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- roztrwonić verb (to squander or waste)
- zrujnować verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Portuguese
3 entries- dilapidar verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- dilapidar verb (to squander or waste)
- dilapidar-se verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
Russian
4 entries- ветшать verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- приходи́ть в упа́док verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- разруша́ть verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- разрушаться verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
Spanish
3 entries- derrochar verb (to squander or waste)
- deteriorar verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- deteriorarse verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
Swedish
4 entries- förfalla verb (to fall into ruin or disuse)
- föröda verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
- ruinera verb (to squander or waste)
- ödelägga verb (to cause to become ruined or put into disrepair)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.
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