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DELAPSING
Verb
delapsing
present participle of delapse
Anagrams
• pedalings, pleadings
Source: Wiktionary
DELAPSE
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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