Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fall or slide down.
- To be transmitted by inheritance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To pass down by
inheritance ; tolapse .
Etymologies
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