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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  LAPSE
       
          A single assignment language for the Manchester dataflow
          machine.
       
          ["A Single Assignment Language for Data Flow Computing",
          J.R.W. Glauert, M.Sc Diss, Victoria U Manchester, 1978].
       
          (1994-12-21)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Lapse \Lapse\ (l[a^]ps), n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus,
     to slide, to fall: cf. F. laps. See Sleep.]
     1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or
        imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted
        usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.
                                                    --Rambler.
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              Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long
              centuries for his expected revenue of fame. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight
        deviation from truth or rectitude.
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              To guard against those lapses and failings to which
              our infirmities daily expose us.      --Rogers.
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     3. (Law) 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.
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     4. (Theol.) A fall or apostasy.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Lapse \Lapse\, v. t.
     1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to
        pass.
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              An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing
              the term of law.                      --Ayliffe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or
        catch, as an offender. [Obs.]
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              For which, if be lapsed in this place,
              I shall pay dear.                     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Lapse \Lapse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lapsed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Lapsing.]
     1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away;
        to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly
        restricted to figurative uses.
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              A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those
              northern nations from whom we are descended.
                                                    --Swift.
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              Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites,
              has lapsed into the burlesque character. --Addison.
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     2. 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.
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              To lapse in fullness
              Is sorer than to lie for need.        --Shak.
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     3. (Law)
        (a) 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.
        (b) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
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                  If the archbishop shall not fill it up within
                  six months ensuing, it lapses to the king.
                                                    --Ayliffe.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Lapse \Lapse\, n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide,
     to fall: cf. F. laps. See Sleep.]
     1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or
        imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted
        usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
  
              The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.
                                                    --Rambler.
  
              Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long
              centuries for his expected revenue of fame. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
  
     2. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight
        deviation from truth or rectitude.
  
              To guard against those lapses and failings to which
              our infirmities daily expose us.      --Rogers.
  
     3. (Law) 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.
  
     4. (Theol.) A fall or apostasy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Lapse \Lapse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lapsed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Lapsing.]
     1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away;
        to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly
        restricted to figurative uses.
  
              A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those
              northern nations from whom we are descended.
                                                    --Swift.
  
              Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites,
              has lapsed into the burlesque character. --Addison.
  
     2. 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.
  
              To lapse in fullness Is sorer than to lie for need.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. (Law)
        (a) 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.
        (b) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
  
                  If the archbishop shall not fill it up within
                  six months ensuing, it lapses to the king.
                                                    --Ayliffe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Lapse \Lapse\, v. t.
     1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to
        pass.
  
              An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing
              the term of law.                      --Ayliffe.
  
     2. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or
        catch, as an offender. [Obs.]
  
              For which, if be lapsed in this place, I shall pay
              dear.                                 --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  lapse
       n 1: a mistake resulting from inattention [syn: oversight]
       2: a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a
          lapse of three weeks between letters"
       3: a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapsing,
           relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting]
       v 1: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
            Nirvana" [syn: sink, pass]
       2: end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
       3: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards [syn:
           backslide]
       4: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
          minor criminals" [syn: relapse, recidivate, regress,
           retrogress, fall back]
       5: let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
       6: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, pass, slip
          by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go
          along]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το παράπτωμα
     2 η κατολίσθηση, η χειροτέρευση μιας κατάστασης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     Estonian n.
     (noun form of et laps  gen s)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la lāpsus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     n.
     1 A temporary failure; a slip.
     2 A decline or fall in standards.
     3 A pause in continuity.
     4 An interval of time between events.
     5 A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
     6 (lb en meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with
  increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding
  air.
     7 (lb en legal) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property
  is will#Verbed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be
  ineffective.
     8 (lb en theology) A fall or apostasy.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
     3 To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become void.
     5 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     Estonian n.
     (noun form of et laps  gen s)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la lāpsus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     Estonian n.
     (noun form of et laps  gen s)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la lāpsus  voc m s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     Englanti n.
     1 lapsus, erhe, erehdys, virhe
     2 aikaväli, ajanjakso
     3 raueta, lakata
     Englanti vb.
     1 vajota, vaipua
     2 ''~ into'' hairahtua jhk, langeta jhk
     3 raueta, lakata olemasta voimassa
     4 (''ajasta'') kulua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  lapse
     Engelska vb.
     upphöra, förfalla, löpa ut

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Lapse /lˈaps/
  الخطأ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  lapse //læps// 
  малка грешка, пропуск
  a temporary failure; a slip