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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1548-1654
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Delapidat, p.p. and v. [Variant of Dilapidat v.] a. p.p. Dissipated, squandered. b. v. To dissipate. 1548 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 259.
The said Andro … hes … distroyit, delapidat, and withaldin the … geir, gudis, and varklummis vnder writin 1580 Edinburgh Testaments VIII. 309 b.
That his said dochteris gudis & geir be nocht delapidat, put away, & waistit 1597 Acts IV. 151/2.
The patrimonie of the said bishoprik being helelie delapidat and exhaustit 1617 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 201.
It sall not be leasume to the principall regentis [etc.] … to delapidat the rentis of the saidis kirkis 1621 Black Bk. Taymouth 57.
Coline Campbell … oblist himself … nevir to sell, annalie, dispone, delapidat or put away ony of his landis 1654 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 386.
To stop … maister Thomas Lumsden, … frome delapidating of the childrens meanes and in recoverie of such of thair estaitis as ar delapidat allreadie
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