“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
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
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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