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dilapider (1311)
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dilapider (1311)

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  FEW:  dilapidare 3,79b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  dilapider 9,282a TL: delapider 2,1328 DEAF:  delapider  DMF:  dilapider  TLF:  dilapider  OED:  dilapidate v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  dilapidare 664a

v.trans.

to destroy, ruin: 
( 1409-10 )  & auxint les implementz qe de droit deussent remaindre sur icelles (=houses in York) sont ensi dilapidez  Rot Parl1 iii 250

p.p. as a.

wasted, squandered: 
( 1311 )  les droites dispergés, dilapidés ou perdus de la corone  Stats i 168
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