Definition of lapse

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Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..

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Preterlapsed :: Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages..
Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.
Circumduce :: Circumduce (v. t.) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence..
Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.
Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Lapsible :: Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.
Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Lability :: Lability (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..
Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
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