laps-, lab- +

In astronomy, (formerly) a gravitationally collapsed star; now referred to as a "black hole".

1. To fall down or inward suddenly; to cave in.
2. To break down suddenly in strength or health and cease to function; such as, a patient who collapsed as she was walking.
3. To fold compactly;for example, temporary fencing that collapses.
4. The act of falling down or inward, as from a loss of supports.
5. An abrupt failure of function, strength, or health; collapsibility, collapsible, collapsable.
6. Literally, to fall together, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collabi, "fall together", from com-, "together" plus labi, "to fall, to slip".

Capable of collapsing or of being collapsed.

1. A state of falling together.
2. A state of vessels that have closed.

1. To fall or to slide down.
2. To slip down; to descend, to sink.

A falling down, or out of place; a prolapsion.

1. To pass or go by, especially in a gradual, slow, or imperceptible way; to slip away: "Several hours elapsed before we arrived home."
2. The passing of a certain period of time.

The act or process of elapsing.

1. To fall or to glide; to pass (usually followed by "into"); such as, "He illapsed into deep sleep."
2. A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack.

1. A person who believes in infralapsarianism.
2. Of or pertaining to infralapsarians or infralapsarianism.

In theology, the doctrine, held by Augustinians and by many Calvinists, that God planned the Creation, permitted the Fall, elected a chosen number, planned their redemption, and suffered the remainder to be eternally punished; the opposite of supralapsarianism).

The lapse, flow, or interval of time between two events.

Liable to lapse or capable of lapsing.

1. A momentary fault or failure in behavior or morality.
2. A break in the continuity of something.
3. A passage of time.
4. A failure to exercise a right within a specified period of time, e.g., the failure to buy a property before the termination of an option to buy.
4. To become null and void through disuse, negligence, or death.
5. To decline in value, quality, or conduct.

1. No longer committed to something, especially religious faith or observance.
2. Expired or terminated.