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Meaning of DELAPSE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*lapse"\, v. 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.
 
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