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Prolapsus :: Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.

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

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..

Lapsed :: Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Laps.

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses..

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

Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

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

Prolapsion :: Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.

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

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

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..

Circumduce :: Circumduce (v. t.) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence..

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

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

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

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

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

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