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lapsing
We have found lemma(root) word of lapsing : lapse.
Definitions
[laps], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
(e.g: a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match)
- an interval or passage of time
(e.g: there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin lapsus, from labi ‘to glide, slip, or fall’; the verb reinforced by Latin lapsare ‘to slip or stumble’
[laps], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire
(e.g: he let his membership of CND lapse)
- pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
(e.g: the country has lapsed into chaos)
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Origin
:
late Middle English: from Latin lapsus, from labi ‘to glide, slip, or fall’; the verb reinforced by Latin lapsare ‘to slip or stumble’
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