ILLAPSE

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into. Cheyne.

2.
n.

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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