Il‐lapse″, n. [L. illapsus. See Illapse, v. i.] A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack. Akenside.
They sit silent... waiting for an illapse of the spirit. Jeffrey.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.