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Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..

Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.

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

Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

Peridiastole :: Peridiastole (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..

Lability :: Lability (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

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

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..

Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly..

Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.

Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..

Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..

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