ELAPSE
elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
(verb) pass by; “three years elapsed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)
(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
Synonyms
• See elapse
Anagrams
• Sapele, asleep, please, sapele
Source: Wiktionary
E*lapse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Elapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.]
Etym: [L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to
fall, slide. See Lapse.]
Definition: To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used
chiefly in reference to time.
Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. Hoole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition