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lapsable, lapsible, a.|ˈlæpsəb(ə)l, -ɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. types *lapsābilis, *lapsibilis, f. L. lapsāre (see lapse v.) or laps-, ppl. stem of lābī to fall, slip.]
1. Liable to pass or change; liable to err or fall. Const. into. ? Obs.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §36. 565 No particular Created Spirits [are] absolutely in their own nature impeccable, but lapsible into vitious habits. Ibid. v. 793 The Former [Demons] are Lapsable, into Aereal Bodies only, and no further. 1702Pres. State Jacobitism 26 Arguments for Compassion may be drawn from the lapsable Estate of Mankind.
2. Law. Liable to lapse or become forfeited.
1751Laws N. Carolina (1791) 147 Which said Lots, by Reason of the Proviso in the said Deed mentioned, will soon become lapsable. |