You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
ELAPSES
Verb
elapses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elapse
Anagrams
• lepases, pealess, pleases, sapeles
Source: Wiktionary
ELAPSE
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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