Delapsing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delapse \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. [Obs.]
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           Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
           Of the delapsed crown from Philip.       --Drayton.
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