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▪ I. illapse, n. Now rare.|ɪˈlæps, ɪll-|
[ad. L. illapsus a gliding, falling, or slipping in, f. illābī to slip, etc. in: see il-1 and lapse.]
1. The act of gliding, slipping, or falling in, of gently sinking into or permeating something.
a. Theol. Said of spiritual influences, esp. in the illapse of the Holy Spirit and equivalent expressions. (Freq. in 17th c.)
1614Jackson Creed iii. xxi. §20 Testimonies..for the plentiful manner of effusion [of the Holy Ghost] and placid illapse into the souls of every sort. 1640Bp. Reynolds Passions iv. 27 By immediate illapse of Truth into the Vnderstanding. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 80. 1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe I. 55 The illapses of the spirit were sometimes made subservient to the impulses of the flesh. 1881F. E. Warren Liturgy Celtic Ch. ii. §10. 106 Praying for the illapse of the Holy Ghost.
b. Of the vital principle, heat, passion, etc.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iii. vi. 277 When the Matter is fitly prepared, there is an illapse of this Vital, Formative, Spirital Principle into it. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1262 Thus life..is oft preserved By the bold swimmer in the swift illapse Of accident disastrous. 1768Murphy Zenobia iv. i. 10 Beware, my friend, and steel thy heart Against the sweet illapse of gentler passions.
†c. Of a tributary stream. Obs. rare—1.
1753Murphy Gray's-Inn Jrnl. No. 30 ⁋1 A River which admits..the tributary Illapse of several lesser Streams.
2. A gentle gliding movement. rare—1.
1835J. Harris Gt. Teacher (1837) 155, I will do this by illapses so gentle, by a process so natural.
▪ II. illapse, v. Now rare.|ɪˈlæps, ɪll-|
[f. L. illaps-us, pa. pple. of illābī: cf. lapse v.]
intr. To fall, glide, or slip in. Hence iˈllapsing vbl. n.
1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. xvi. 189 Their cure, when at any time illapsed into that Disease, is easier performed. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. iv. 320 The illapsing of Souls into prepared Matter. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 193 Israel's sweet Singer sang Ideas bright, Illaps'd from Heav'n with true poetick Height. 1835T. Aird in Blackw. Mag. XXXVII. 180 A nymph..Near walking on the checkered floors of woods, Or far illapsing through their green retreat. |