lapsed
[ lapst ]
/ læpst /
adjective
expired; voided; terminated: a lapsed insurance policy.
no longer committed to or following the tenets of a particular belief, obligation, position, etc.: a lapsed Catholic.
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Definition for lapsed (2 of 2)
lapse
[ laps ]
/ læps /
noun
verb (used without object), lapsed, laps·ing.
Origin of lapse
1520–30; < Latin
lāpsus an error, slipping, failing, equivalent to
lāb(ī) to slide, slip, fall, make a mistake +
-sus, for
-tus suffix of v. action
OTHER WORDS FROM lapse
laps·er, noun un·laps·ing, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for lapsed
British Dictionary definitions for lapsed
lapse
/ (læps) /
noun
verb (intr)
Derived forms of lapse
lapsable or lapsible, adjective lapsed, adjective lapser, nounWord Origin for lapse
C15: from Latin
lāpsus error, from
lābī to glide