delapse Meaning, Definition & Usage

De*lapse" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Delapsed ; present participle & verbal noun Delapsing
Definitions
  1. 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 1913