Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COL-LAPSE
COL-LAPSE, v.i. [collaps'; L. collabor, collapsus; con and labor, to slide or fall.]
To fall together, as the two sides of a vessel; to close by falling together; as, the fine canals or vessels of the body collapse in old age. – Arbuthnot.
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