English Explanatory Dictionary

illapse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gliding in; an immission or entrance of one thing into another.
  2. A sudden descent or attack.
verb
  1. Usually followed by into: to fall or glide; to pass.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlæps/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illapse.wav

Word forms

illapse illapses illapsing illapsed

Etymology

From Latin illapsus (“a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption”); from illābor (“to fall, to slide”) + -tus (“suffix forming action nouns from verbs”).

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