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



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