*elap*

n. See Delapsion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of snakes comprising the Old World and American rat snakes.
Syn. -- genus Elaphe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; stag. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a venomous snake of the family Elapidae, including the . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of snakes including the cobras, kraits, mambas, the New World coral snakes, and Australian taipan and tiger snakes.
Syn. -- family Elapidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. elapidatus cleared from stones; e out + lapis stone. ] A clearing away of stones. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Elaps. ] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., of uncertain origin. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Elapsed p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing. ] [ L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse. ] To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. Hoole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of elapsing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not liable to relapse; secure. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lai^laps a dark, furious storm. ] (Paleon.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black + porphyre porphyry. ] (Min.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Relapsed p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing. ] [ L. relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse. ] 1. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

That task performed, [ preachers ] relapse into themselves. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide. [ 1913 Webster ]

They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along, unless they relapse. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For sense 2 cf. F. relaps. See Relapse, v. ] 1. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alas! from what high hope to what relapse
Unlooked for are we fallen! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who relapses. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]