lapsed  /l'æpst/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  lapsed
  (a.)過去的,墮落的,轉歸他人的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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.
  
              A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those
              northern nations from whom we are descended.
                                                    --Swift.
  
              Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites,
              has lapsed into the burlesque character. --Addison.
  
     2. To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to
        fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a
        fault by inadvertence or mistake.
  
              To lapse in fullness Is sorer than to lie for need.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. (Law)
        (a) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or
            from the original destination, by the omission,
            negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a
            legatee, etc.
        (b) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
  
                  If the archbishop shall not fill it up within
                  six months ensuing, it lapses to the king.
                                                    --Ayliffe.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Lapsed \Lapsed\, a.
     1. Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost
        position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to
        figurative uses.
  
              Once more I will renew His lapsed powers, though
              forfeit.                              --Milton.
  
     2. Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of
        insurance; a lapsed legacy.
  
     {Lapsed devise}, {Lapsed legacy} (Law), a devise, or legacy,
        which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of
        the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or
        for ether cause. --Wharton (Law Dict.).

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  lapsed
       adj : no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic" [syn: {nonchurchgoing}]