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Webster 1913 Edition


Elapse

E-lapse′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Elapsed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Elapsing
.]
[L.
elapsus
, p. p. of
elabi
to glide away;
e
out +
labi
to fall, slide. See
Lapse
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Elapse

ELAPSE

,
Verb.
I.
elaps'. [L. elapsus, from elabor,labor, to slide.]
To slide away; to slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; applied chiefly or wholly to time. [Instead of elapse,the noun, we use lapse.]

Definition 2024


elapse

elapse

English

Verb

elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)

  1. (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
    He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.
    Several days elapsed before they met again.

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Latin

Participle

elapse

  1. vocative masculine singular of elapsus