DELAPSE

Etymology

Verb

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

(obsolete) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

(obsolete) To sink down.

Anagrams

• elapsed, pleased, sepaled

Source: Wiktionary

De*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Delapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Delapsing.] Etym: [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.]

Definition: To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition