De*lapse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Delapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delapsing.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.]
To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
[Obs.]
Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the delapsed crown from Philip.
Drayton.
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