delapsing

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
   • Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
     Of the delapsed crown from Philip.1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
2. (obsolete) To sink or fall down.
   • rocks delapsed