ELAPSING

Verb

elapsing

present participle of elapse

Anagrams

• apelings, leapings, pealings, pleasing

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