delapse

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verb

To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

“rocks delapsed”

OriginLatin dēlābor →
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Meanings

verbdelapse (third-person singular simple present delapses, present participle delapsing, simple past and past participle delapsed)

present singular third person delapses · participle present delapsing · participle past delapsed · past delapsed

  1. obsoleteTo pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

    Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip.

    1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteTo sink or fall down.

    rocks delapsed

    2 more examples

    delapsing landslides

    delapsing leaves

Origin

  1. Latindēlābor
  2. Englishdelapse

Latin dēlābor

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pleasedsepaled
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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