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noun
A gliding in; an immission or entrance of one thing into another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
A sudden descent or attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
Usually followed by into: to fall or glide; to pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
From Latin illapsus (“a falling, gliding, or flowing in; an irruption”); from illābor (“to fall, to slide”) + -tus (“suffix forming action nouns from verbs”).
Across languages
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