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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