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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Illapsenoun

    Etymology: illapsus, Latin.

    As a piece of iron red hot, by reason of the illapse of the fire into it, appears all over like fire; so the souls of the blessed, by the illapse of the divine essence into them, shall be all over divine. John Norris.

    Life is oft preserved
    By the bold swimmer in the swift illapse
    Of accident disastrous. James Thomson, Summer.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Illapseverb

    to fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into

  2. Illapseverb

    a gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack

  3. Etymology: [L. illapsus. See Illapse, v. i.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Illapse

    il-laps′, n. a sliding in: the entrance of one thing into another.—v.i. to glide. [L. illapsusillabiin, into, labi, to slip, to slide.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of illapse in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of illapse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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