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lapsed
adj. expired; finished, terminated; no longer active
 
lapse
v. fail to reach an accepted standard; gradually slip into or out of a state or condition; elapse, expire, come to an end; become void; fall out of general use


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Lapsed
Lapsed was the third album by Bardo Pond. It was released on October 211997 on Matador Records.
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lapsed
Adjective
1. no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic"
(synonym) nonchurchgoing
(similar) irreligious

 
lapse
Noun
1. a mistake resulting from inattention
(synonym) oversight
(hypernym) mistake, error, fault
2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
(hypernym) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
(derivation) elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
3. a failure to maintain a higher state
(synonym) backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
(hypernym) failure
(hyponym) recidivism
(derivation) relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
Verb
1. pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
(synonym) sink, pass
(hypernym) move
2. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
(hypernym) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
3. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
(synonym) backslide
(hypernym) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
(derivation) backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
4. go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
(synonym) relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
(hypernym) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
(derivation) backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
5. let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
(hypernym) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
6. pass by; "three years elapsed"
(synonym) elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
(hypernym) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
(hyponym) fly, fell, vanish


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Lapsed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Lapse
  
 
(a.)
Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
  
 
(a.)
Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.
  

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LAPSE
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)


(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe

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