De-lāpse', v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. DELAPSED (de-lāpst'); p. pr. & vb. n. DELAPSING.] [Lat. as if delapsare, from delabi, delapsus, to fall down, from de and labi, to fall or slide.]
Sense 1. To fall or slide down.
Sense 2. To pass down by inheritance.
Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.