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Definition of Lapsing

Lapsing
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.

Meaning of Lapsing from wikipedia

- up lapse, lapsed, or lapsing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lapse or lapsed may refer to: Lapse, a social media platform Lapse and anti-lapse, in...
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- The Lapse was an American indie band formed in late 1997. The band was first signed to Gern Blandsten, then Southern Records. A larger deal with Matador...
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by...
- Look up time-lapse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Time-lapse photography is a film technique. Time lapse may also refer to: Time-lapse microscopy,...
- When pla**** at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing. For example, an image of a scene may be captured at 1 frame per second...
- Time-lapse microscopy is time-lapse photography applied to microscopy. Microscope image sequences are recorded and then viewed at a greater speed to give...