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Definition of Lapsable
1. a. Lapsible.
Definition of Lapsable
1. Adjective. (alternative form of lapsible) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lapsable
1. lapse [adj] - See also: lapse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapsable
Literary usage of Lapsable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On English Adjectives in -able: With Special Reference to Reliable by Fitzedward Hall (1877)
"lapsable, 'liable to lapse.' Cudworth, Henry More,5 Glanvill. ... It seems that
one of the first lexicographers to notice lapsable— better written ..."
2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... (wherein are souls vitally united to bodies, and lapsable) is the region,
where all manner of evils, wickedness, pains, corruption and mortality reign. ..."
3. The Colonial Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, William Laurence Saunders (1886)
"... ago obtained a Patent for 300 acres of Land lying in Pasquotank and not being
seated and planted as the Law direct is become lapsable therefore prays he ..."
4. An Epoch in Life Insurance: Twenty-five Years of Administration of the by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (1917)
"Under date of October 9, 1911, announcement was made of the Non-lapsable Endowment
policy, a new departure in Industrial insurance in this country by means ..."
5. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1880)
"... and diseases of the mind seem more and more re- lapsable ; hidden, treacherous,
recurring forms of disease are springing up everywhere, ..."
6. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... use lapel*. lapsable*, liable to lapse, not -ible. lapsus/* (Lat.), a slip ; —
calami*, ditto of the pen; —linguae*, ditto tongue; — memoriae, ..."
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