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  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.
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  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.

  lapsing
       n : a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse,
            relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting]

  lapsing
     n.
     The act or process by which something lapses.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lapse nocat=1)

  lapsing
     n.
     The act or process by which something lapses.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lapse nocat=1)

  lapsing
     n.
     The act or process by which something lapses.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lapse nocat=1)

  lapsing
     n.
     The act or process by which something lapses.
     vb.
     (present participle of en lapse nocat=1)

  lapsing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm l aps ing e)

  Lapsing /lˈapsɪŋ/
  الإنتكاس

  lapsing /lˈapsɪŋ/
  erlöschend
     Synonyms: expiring, becoming extinct, terminating, being terminated
  
   see: expire, become extinct, lapse, terminate, be terminated, expired, become extinct, lapsed, terminated, been terminated, expires, becomes extinct, lapses, terminates, is terminated, expired, became extinct, lapsed terminated, was terminated, unextinguished, a mortgage is extinguished, The claim is extinguished by prescription., The country ceases to be a member.
  

  lapsing /lˈapsɪŋ/
  verfallend, erlöschend, ablaufend
   see: lapse, lapsed
  

  lapsing /lˈapsɪŋ/
  vergehend, verstreichend, verrinnend, verfließend
     Synonyms: passing, elapsing
  
   see: pass, lapse, elapse, passed, lapsed, elapsed, passes, lapses, elapses, passed, lapsed, elapsed
  

  
/ˈɫæpsɪŋ/