Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective No longer active or practicing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.
- adjective Ineffectual, void, or forfeited
- adjective (Law) a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for other cause.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lapse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective no longer active or practicing
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Examples
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There were never any estates; the title lapsed; the present earldom is a new creation, not in the same family at all.
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When the title lapsed the old Countess, who was the only member of the family left, simply sold up everything, lock, stock and barrel.
Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933
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When the title lapsed the old Countess, who was the only member of the family left, simply sold up everything, lock, stock and barrel.
Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933
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There were never any estates; the title lapsed; the present earldom is a new creation, not in the same family at all.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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There were never any estates; the title lapsed; the present earldom is a new creation, not in the same family at all.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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Neither of his two marriages were recognized by the king, and the title lapsed at his death in 1843.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Niemeier, who has continued to serve even though his term lapsed in October 2008, has one of three seats that Schapiro must fill.
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But she's what I refer to as a lapsed Jew and hasn't outwardly practiced or visited a synagogue in years -- not that I have either.
Raymond Leon Roker: Broken Promise Land: What I Saw In Israel 2008
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But the CC has not been reconstituted since its term lapsed in 2005, allowing room for abuse, as under the JR Jayawardane regime
TamilNet Newswire 2009
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But the CC has not been reconstituted since its term lapsed in 2005, allowing room for abuse, as under the JR Jayawardane regime
TamilNet Newswire 2009
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