lapse
[ laps ]
/ læps /
noun
verb (used without object), lapsed, laps·ing.
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Origin of lapse
1520–30; <Latin lāpsus an error, slipping, failing, equivalent to lāb(ī) to slide, slip, fall, make a mistake + -sus, for -tus suffix of v. action
OTHER WORDS FROM lapse
lapser, nounun·laps·ing, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for lapse
lapse
/ (læps) /
noun
verb (intr)
Derived forms of lapse
lapsable or lapsible, adjectivelapsed, adjectivelapser, nounWord Origin for lapse
C15: from Latin lāpsus error, from lābī to glide
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