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1 Lapse
subs.Interval: P. διάλειμμα, τό.Owing to lapse of time: P. διὰ χρόνου πλῆθος.After a considerable lapse of time: P. προελθόντος πολλοῦ χρόνου.After a sufficient lapse of time: P. χρόνου ἐπελθόντος ἱκανοῦ.After the lapse of three years: P. διαλιπόντων ἐτῶν τριῶν.——————v. intrans.Pass, elapse: P. and V. παρέρχεσθαι, διέρχεσθαι, P. διαγίγνεσθαι, προέρχεσθαι.Lapse into: P. περιίστασθαι εἰς (acc.), ἀποκλίνειν, πρός (acc.), ἐκπίπτειν εἰς (acc.).Fall into: P. and V. πίπτειν εἰς (acc.).Come to an end: P. and V. ἐξέρχετθαι, ἐξήκειν.It happened that their thirty years truce with the Argives was on the point of lapsing: P. συνέβαινε πρὸς τοὺς Ἀργείους αὐτοῖς τὰς τριακονταέτεις σπονδὰς ἐπʼ ἐξόδῳ εἶναι (Thuc. 5, 14; cf. also Thuc. 5, 28).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Lapse
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2 lapse
[læps] 1. verb1) (to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort: His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed.) εκπνέω2) (to slip, fall, be reduced: As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed.) πέφτω2. noun1) (a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc): a lapse of memory.) λάθος, ολίσθημα, παραδρομή2) (a passing away (of time): I saw him again after a lapse of five years.) πάροδος
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lapse into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms lapse into : present tense I/you/we/they lapse into he/she/it lapses into present participle lapsing into past tense lapsed into past participle lapsed into a) lapse into something to gradually change to a… … English dictionary
lapse into sth — UK US lapse into sth Phrasal Verb with lapse({{}}/læps/ verb [I] ► to gradually get into a worse state or condition: »It seems likely that some of these countries will lapse into economic and political chaos. »The finance minister dismissed… … Financial and business terms
lapse into — phr verb Lapse into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑coma, ↑silence, ↑unconsciousness … Collocations dictionary
lapse into — pass gradually into (a different, often worse, state or condition). → lapse … English new terms dictionary
lapse into — slip back into, sink down into … English contemporary dictionary
ˈlapse into sth — phrasal verb to change to a different way of speaking or behaving She often lapses into French (= starts speaking French).[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
lapse into — … Useful english dictionary
lapse into something — … Useful english dictionary
lapse — n 1 slip, *error, mistake, blunder, faux pas, bull, howler, boner Analogous words: *offense, sin, vice, crime: *fault, failing, frailty, foible: transgression, *breach, violation, trespass 2 relapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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. [1913 Webster] A tendency to lapse… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lapse — [laps] n. [L lapsus, a fall: see LAP1] 1. a slip of the tongue, pen, or memory; small error; fault 2. a) a falling away from a moral standard; moral slip b) a falling or slipping into a lower or worse condition, esp. for a short time 3 … English World dictionary