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Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..

Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.

Circumduce :: Circumduce (v. t.) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Prolapsion :: Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.

Peridiastole :: Peridiastole (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..

Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.

Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.

Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses..

Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..

Preterlapsed :: Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages..

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