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Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..

Progression :: Progression (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.

Elapsed :: Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elaps.

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

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

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

Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..

Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.

Prolapsus :: Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.

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

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..

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

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..

Prolapse :: Prolapse (v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.

Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..

Collapsed :: Collapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Collaps.

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