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.
Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.