| LAPIDARY | • lapidary n. A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems. • lapidary n. The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology. • lapidary n. The process of such work. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| LAPIDATE | • lapidate v. (Transitive, law) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death. • lapidate v. (Transitive, figurative) To hurl insults at. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| LAPIDATED | • lapidated v. Simple past tense and past participle of lapidate. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| LAPIDATES | • lapidates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidate. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| DILAPIDATE | • dilapidate v. (Transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair. • dilapidate v. (Transitive, figurative) To squander or waste. • dilapidate v. (Intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse. |
| LAPIDARIAN | • lapidarian adj. Synonym of lapidary. • lapidarian n. Synonym of lapidary. • LAPIDARIAN adj. of or relating to stones; inscribed on stones. |
| LAPIDARIES | • lapidaries n. Plural of lapidary. • LAPIDARY n. an expert in gems, also LAPIDIST. |
| LAPIDARIST | • lapidarist n. A lapidary. • LAPIDARIST n. one who polishes stones. |
| LAPIDATING | • lapidating v. Present participle of lapidate. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| LAPIDATION | • lapidation n. (Law) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment. • LAPIDATION n. (archaic) the act of stoning. |
| DILAPIDATED | • dilapidated v. Simple past tense and past participle of dilapidate. • dilapidated adj. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect. • DILAPIDATE v. to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin. |
| DILAPIDATES | • dilapidates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dilapidate. • DILAPIDATE v. to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin. |
| DILAPIDATOR | • dilapidator n. One who dilapidates; a person causing dilapidation. • DILAPIDATOR n. an agent that dilapidates. |
| LAPIDARISTS | • lapidarists n. Plural of lapidarist. • LAPIDARIST n. one who polishes stones. |
| LAPIDATIONS | • lapidations n. Plural of lapidation. • LAPIDATION n. (archaic) the act of stoning. |
| DILAPIDATING | • dilapidating v. Present participle of dilapidate. • DILAPIDATE v. to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin. |
| DILAPIDATION | • dilapidation n. The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined. • dilapidation n. (Law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally. • dilapidation n. (Britain, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally. |
| DILAPIDATORS | • dilapidators n. Plural of dilapidator. • DILAPIDATOR n. an agent that dilapidates. |
| DILAPIDATIONS | • dilapidations n. Plural of dilapidation. • DILAPIDATION n. the state of being dilapidated. |