<hw>De*lam`i*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Formation and separation of lamin\'91 or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.</def>
<note>&hand; This process consists of a concentric splitting of the cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer (epiblast) and an inner layer (hypoblast). By the perforation of the resultant two-walled vesicle, a gastrula results similar to that formed by the process of invagination.</note>
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<hw>De`lap*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Delapsion</er>.</def>
<i>Ray.</i>
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<hw>De*lapse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Delapsed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Delapsing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>delapsus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>delabi</ets> to fall down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>labi</ets> to fall or side.]</ety> <def>To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the <b>delapsed</b> crown from Philip. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>De*lap"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.</def>
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<hw>De`las*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delassare</ets>, <ets>delassatum</ets>, to tire out; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>lassare</ets> to tire.]</ety> <def>Fatigue.</def>
<blockquote>Able to continue without <b>delassation</b>. <i>Ray.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>De*late"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Delated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Delating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>delatus</ets>, used as p. p. of <ets>deferre</ets>. See <er>Tolerate</er>, and cf. 3d <er>Defer</er>, <er>Delay</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To carry; to convey.</def>
<blockquote>Try exactly the time wherein sound is <b>delated</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.</def>
<blockquote>When the crime is <b>delated</b> or notorious. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce.</def>
<blockquote>As men were <b>delated</b>, they were marked down for such a fine. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>To carry on; to conduct.</def>
<i>Warner.</i>
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<hw>De*late"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To dilate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Goodwin.</i>
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