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illapsing

illapsing is the present participle and gerund of illapse.

Meaning of illapse

Verb

illapse (third-person singular simple present illapses, present participle illapsing, simple past and past participle illapsed)

  1. (rare) Usually followed by into: to fall or glide; to pass.
    • The illapſe of some pre-existent or animating formative Principle, which we may well call the Soul or Anima, that as in the Generation of Mankind by ordinary procreation we ſee the formative power is ſome refined active Spirit or Soul in ſemine deliteſcens, that faſhions the Matter, and actuates it...1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind: Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: Printed by William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery […] , →OCLC, page 320

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Questions about illapsing

What is illapsing the present participle and gerund of?
Illapsing is the present participle and gerund of illapse.

Words near illapsing in the dictionary

  1. Illapel
  2. illapsable
  3. illapse
  4. illapsed
  5. illapses
  6. illapsing
  7. illaqueable
  8. illaqueate
  9. illaqueated
  10. illaqueates
  11. illaqueating

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