illapse
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rare) A gliding in; an immission or entrance of one thing into another.Examples: "The illapſe of some pre-existent or animating formative Principle, which we may well call the Soul or Anima, that as in the Generation of Mankind by ordinary procreation we ſee the formative power is ſome refined active Spirit or Soul in ſemine deliteſcens, that faſhions the Matter, and actuates it with vital ſenſible Faculties and Operations; ſo the illapſe of ſome ſuch active ſubſtance or powerful Being, illapſing into Matter and uniting with it, might form it into that conſtitution which it enjoyed."; "Now it is certain, that no Man was more poſitive, as to the Conſecration of the Holy Euchariſt by the Illapſe of the Holy Spirit, than St. Chrysoſtom; and therefore the Reaſon, why he did not come into the Meaſures of Theophilus, muſt be, that he was not convinced, that Origen was guilty of that Error, which Theophilus, and his Friends, imputed to him."; "[…] I ſhall now proceed to consider what the Ancients taught concerning the Deſcent, or Illapſe of the Holy Spirit upon the Symbols, or upon the Communicants in this Holy Solemnity. […] Why ſhould the Illapſe of the Holy Spirit be ſuppoſed to work any greater, or any other Change in the Elements of the Euchariſt, than in the Waters of Baptiſm?"rare
2. (rare) A sudden descent or attack.Examples: "[…] That 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 this Illapſe of the Divine Eſſence into them ſhall be all over Divine."; "[…] Thus Life redoubles, and is oft preſerv'd, / By the bold Swimmer, in the ſwift Illapſe / Of Accident diſaſtrous. […]"rare
verb (English)
1. (rare) Usually followed by into: to fall or glide; to pass.Examples: "The illapſe of some pre-existent or animating formative Principle, which we may well call the Soul or Anima, that as in the Generation of Mankind by ordinary procreation we ſee the formative power is ſome refined active Spirit or Soul in ſemine deliteſcens, that faſhions the Matter, and actuates it with vital ſenſible Faculties and Operations; ſo the illapſe of ſome ſuch active ſubſtance or powerful Being, illapſing into Matter and uniting with it, might form it into that conſtitution which it enjoyed."; "The ſcenes of the Iliad illapſed in glowing colours to her fancy – ſcenes, once the haunt of heroes – now lonely, and in ruins; but which ſtill ſhone, in the poet's ſtrain, in all their youthful ſplendour."; "Peace having been concluded, he returned to the arms of his mother. His life illapsed in a calm and uniform tenour, devoid of strong passion or perturbation of any kind."rare
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