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▪ I. † deˈlapse, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. dēlaps-us downfall, descent, f. dēlābī (see next).]
Falling down, downfall, descent.
c1630Jackson Creed v. xi. Wks. IV. 85 By their delapse into these bodily sinks of corruption. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 548 They [comfrey roots]..cohibit the delapse of humours.
▪ II. delapse, v. Obs. or arch.|dɪˈlæps|
[f. L. dēlaps-, ppl. stem of dēlābī to slip or fall down, f. de- I. 1 + lābī to slip, fall.]
intr. To fall or slip down, descend, sink. lit. and fig.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 203 The diuyne fatherly voyce delapsed & commynge downe from his magnifycent glory. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋243 Nature is delapsed into that dotage and folly. 1848Wornum in Lect. Painting by R.A.'s 79 note, Greece..delapsed into a Roman province.
Hence deˈlapsed ppl. a.
1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxviii. (1748) 379 Which Anne deriv'd alone, the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown, from Philip her fair mother. 1631J. Done Polydoron 183 Those Delapsed Angells. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Delapsed [with Physicians], a bearing or falling down of the womb, of the fundament, etc. [An error for Delapsion of ed. 1721; reproduced in Johnson and some mod. Dicts.] 1819H. Busk Vestriad iii. 423 Am I debas'd, delaps'd, defunct, forsooth, My orb eclips'd, or day-star set, in truth? |