dilapidator (dior dilapidator)

[F. dilapidateur = Sp. Pg. dilapidador = It. dilapi datore; as dilapidate + -or.] One who causes dilapidation. It is alleged that non-residence and dilapidations for the most part go hand in hand; that you shall seldom see a non-resident, but he is also a dilapidator . H. Wharton, Defence of Pluralities, p. 156. dilatability (dior di-la-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. dilatabilité = Sp. dilatabilidad = Pg. dilatabili dade = It. dilatabilità , dilatabilita ( t- ) s , dilatabilis : see dilatable and -bility .] The quality of being dilatable, or of admitting expansion, either by inherent elastic force or by the action of a force exerted from without: opposed to contractibility . It was purely an accident dependent on the dilatability of the particular quality of alcohol employed which made the boiling-point of water 80°. Encyc . Brit ., XX. 308. dilatable (dior di-lā'ta-bl), a. [= F. Pr. Sp. dilatable = Pg. dilatavel = It. dilatabile, expand: see dilate, v., and -able.] Capable of expansion; po e ing elasticity; elastic: as, a bladder is dilatable by of air; air is dilatable by heat.