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Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..

Decurrence :: Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.

Collapsed :: Collapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Collaps.

Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

Apse :: Apse (n.) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..

Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..

Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.

Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..

Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) 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..

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..

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