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Webster 1913 Edition

Delapse

De-lapse′

,

Verb.

I.

[

imp. & p. p.

Delapsed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Delapsing

.]

[L.

delapsus

, p. p. of

delabi

to fall down;

de-

+

labi

to fall or side.]

To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

[Obs.]

Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the

delapsed

crown from Philip.

Drayton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Delapse

DELAPSE

,

Verb.

I.

[L. To slide. ] To fall or slide down.