单词 | lapsed |
释义 | lapsedadj. 1. a. That has glided away, dropped out of use, disappeared from sight, or fallen into decay. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > falling from prosperous or thriving condition > having fallen forlornc1386 fallen1550 ruinous1558 ruinate1562 declined1591 ruinated1592 ruined1596 lapsed1667 prolapsed1698 broken-down1816 decadent1837 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete oldOE outworna1522 stale1550 obsolete1579 overgone1581 overworn1603 disused1611 exolete1611 absoletea1613 worn-out1612 outdated1616 lapsed1667 exploded1709 supersededa1831 rinky-dink1913 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 176 Once more I will renew His lapsed powers, though forfeit and enthrall'd By sin to foul exorbitant desires. View more context for this quotation 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxi. 71 A monk..appeared, Now in the moonlight, and now lapsed in shade. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) iv. 66 During the lapsed century the waves had largely encroached on the low flat shores. 1881 Times 2 Feb. 9/2 The House of Commons must recover its lapsed authority. 1890 John Bull 5 Apr. 231/1 It is probable that the Lapsed custom of an annual dinner will be revived. ΚΠ 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. ix. 141 Let there be..no sudden Seizure of a lapsed Syllable to play upon it. 2. Of a person: Fallen or sunk into a lower grade, or a depraved condition; esp. fallen into sin, or from the faith (cf. collapsed adj. 3); applied in Historical use to Christians who denied the faith during persecution. lapsed classes, lapsed masses: those who have dropped out of social standing. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [adjective] forraughtc1175 renayedc1380 apostate1382 apostasied1393 relapse?a1425 departed1439 renegate1488 retractive1509 apostatical1532 shrinking1535 apostatatec1540 runagate1558 apostatic1583 apostatous1588 collapsed1609 renegado1612 recreant1613 apotactical1615 apostatized1629 apostating1630 lapsed1638 apostated1642 apostatizing1652 renegade1664 diabolonian1682 backsliding1816 relapsing1864 backslidden1871 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adjective] > fallen into lapsed1638 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > lapsing or lapsed tripping1577 delapsed1622 lapsed1638 lapsing1667 the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective] formerc1160 apassedc1314 past1340 preterite1340 eldera1400 elderna1400 eldernlya1400 bygone1424 bypast1452 ancient1490 by-runa1522 bywenta1522 spent1528 departed1552 forepassed1557 preter1578 by-come1592 worn-out1594 preterlapsed1599 foregone1609 worna1616 elapseda1644 lapsed1702 surpassed1725 gone-by1758 back1808 old-time1865 by-flown1884 society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > elevation or exaltation in rank > those reduced in social standing lapsed classes1854 lapsed masses1887 1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) iii. 36 Such a lapsed sinner may not be incapable of pardon. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xiv. 48 But this plea is in common with the Heathens and lapsed Christians. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xvi. 35 That the standing Spirits hugely exceed the number of the lapsed. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iv. 98 Free you from the rubbish the lapsed posterity of Adam lies groaning under. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. v. 406 His greatest Concern was for the Case of the Lapsed. 1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 294 The Author of all Goodness to lapsed Man. 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (ed. 6) II. 231 May not virtue itself pity the lapsed? 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 255 Good blood, and gentle conditions, derived from lost ancestry, and a lapsed pedigree. 1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xxv. 327 These lapsed Christians, as they were called,..retained their belief in Christ. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xvi. 367 It almost necessarily takes its place among the lapsed classes. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 198 The lapsed were restored under the prospect of renewed persecution. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Mar. 2/2 To facilitate the elevation of the lapsed masses. 3. Said of a fief, devise, or legacy, the right to which has passed from the original holder, devisee, or legatee. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [adjective] > lapsed lapsed1617 society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [adjective] > transferred by charter or deed > lapsed lapsed1767 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas at Lapse That Benefice is in lapse or lapsed, whereunto he that ought to present, hath omitted or slipped his opportunities. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 513 If the legatee dies before the testator, the legacy is a lost or lapsed legacy, and shall sink into the residuum. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 166 The devise was lapsed. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. iii. 84 His lands..were reassumed by the emperor as a lapsed fief. 1896 T. F. Tout Edward I (ed. 2) i. 16 The bestowal of lapsed fiefs was among the most important of the prerogatives of the Crown. Draft additions 1997 b. transferred. No longer an adherent to or practitioner of a particular (secular) principle, doctrine, etc. Frequently jocular. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [adjective] unordaina1425 vow-breaking1533 vowless1620 violatory1687 violative1745 repudiatory1846 lapsed1959 1959 Times 13 Feb. 13/4 Egon Wellesz, a lapsed Schönbergian. 1974 ‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice iii. 58 I have to meet a lapsed Maoist. 1978 P. Fuller Jrnl. 28 Mar. in Marches Past (1986) 21 If I were to..look out of the windows behind me on either side of ‘Reveries of a Lapsed Narcissist’, I would see a lake surrounded by weeping willows. 1979 A. J. P. Taylor in Observer 29 July 9/3 I am a lapsed crank. I no longer have the enthusiasm for crankiness I had when I was young. 1992 Washington City Paper 21 Feb. 65/1 With the guidance of a lapsed psychiatrist..the couple come to suspect that they are the reincarnated Strausses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1617 |
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