Synonyms for lapsed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lapst |
| Phonetic Transcription : læpst |
Définition of lapsed
Origin :- mid-15c., "elapsing of time, expiration;" also "temporary forfeiture of a legal right," from Middle French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, flight (of time), falling into error," from labi "to slip, glide, fall." Meaning "moral transgression, sin" is c.1500; that of "slip of the memory" is 1520s; that of "a falling away from one's faith" is from 1650s.
- adj past
- Many of the fighting nations have lapsed back into the pre-Jonah era.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- Bill grunted his disagreement with the diagnosis, and lapsed into silence.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Eventually, however, she lapsed into a sort of listless immobility.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- Then she became dizzy once more, and lapsed into silent thought.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- For a moment or so Rose, previously so talkative, had lapsed into silence.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- He would never have lapsed into forgetfulness if the bell had not ceased to ring.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- She lapsed into silence, as though she had already said too much.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- He sighed and lapsed into one of his long fits of abstraction.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Captain Lote lapsed into silence, drumming the desk with his big fingers.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- After it was over she brought him a pipe, and they lapsed into difficult pauses.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
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