Lapsenoun
A temporary failure; a slip.
Elapseverb
To pass or move by.
âHe allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.â; âSeveral days elapsed before they met again.â;
Lapsenoun
A decline or fall in standards.
Elapseverb
To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; - used chiefly in reference to time.
âEight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came.â;
Lapsenoun
A pause in continuity.
Elapseverb
pass by;
âthree years elapsedâ;
Lapsenoun
An interval of time between events.
Elapseverb
(of time) pass or go by
âweeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attackâ;
Lapsenoun
A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
Lapsenoun
(meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
Lapsenoun
(legal) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
Lapsenoun
(theology) A fall or apostasy.
Lapseverb
(intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
Lapseverb
(intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
Lapseverb
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
Lapseverb
(intransitive) To become void.
Lapseverb
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
Lapsenoun
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; - restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
âThe lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.â; âBacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame.â;
Lapsenoun
A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
âTo guard against those lapses and failings to which our infirmities daily expose us.â;
Lapsenoun
The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
Lapsenoun
A fall or apostasy.
Lapseverb
To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; - mostly restricted to figurative uses.
âA tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended.â; âHomer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has lapsed into the burlesque character.â;
Lapseverb
To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
âTo lapse in fullnessIs sorer than to lie for need.â;
Lapseverb
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.
âIf the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing, it lapses to the king.â;
Lapseverb
To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
âAn appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing the term of law.â;
Lapseverb
To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
âFor which, if be lapsed in this place,I shall pay dear.â;
Lapsenoun
a mistake resulting from inattention
Lapsenoun
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something;
âa lapse of three weeks between lettersâ;
Lapsenoun
a failure to maintain a higher state
Lapseverb
pass into a specified state or condition;
âHe sank into Nirvanaâ;
Lapseverb
end, at least for a long time;
âThe correspondence lapsedâ;
Lapseverb
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Lapseverb
go back to bad behavior;
âThose who recidivate are often minor criminalsâ;
Lapseverb
let slip;
âHe lapsed his membershipâ;
Lapseverb
pass by;
âthree years elapsedâ;
Lapsenoun
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
âa lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the matchâ;
Lapsenoun
a decline from previously high standards
âtracing his lapse into petty crimeâ;
Lapsenoun
the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures.
Lapsenoun
an interval or passage of time
âthere was a considerable lapse of time between the two eventsâ;
Lapseverb
(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire
âhe let his membership of CND lapseâ;
Lapseverb
(of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end
âif your diet has lapsed it's time you revived itâ;
Lapseverb
cease to follow the rules and practices of a religion or doctrine
âmany Christians in Britain have lapsedâ;
Lapseverb
pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
âthe country has lapsed into chaosâ;
Lapseverb
revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour)
âthe girls lapsed into Frenchâ;