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

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

Elapsed :: Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elaps.

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..

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

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) 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.

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.

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

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

Prolapsion :: Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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