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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

praeterlapsus

, p. p. of

praeterlabi

to glide by. See

Past;

as,

preterlapsed

ages

[R.]

Glanvill.

Adj.

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

preterlapsed ‎(not comparable)

past

preterlapsed ages

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