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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRETERLAPSED

a.[L. proeterlapsus, proeterlabor; proeter and labor, to glide. ] Past; gone by; as preterlapsed ages.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRETERLAPSED

Pre `ter *lapsed ", a. Etym: [L. praeterlapsus, p. p. of praeterlabi to glide by. See Preter-, Lapse. ]

 

Defn: Past; as, preterlapsed ages. [R.] Glanvill.