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e·lapse

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–verb (used without object)

1.	(of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.

–noun

2.	the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.

[Origin: 1635–45; < L élapsus (ptp. of élābī to slip away), equiv. to e- e- + lab- slip + -sus for -tus ptp. suffix

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e·lapse Audio Help   (ĭ-lāps') Pronunciation Key
intr.v.   e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es
To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating.

n.   Passage; lapse: met again after an elapse of many years.

[Latin ēlābī, ēlāps- : ē-, ex-, ex- + lābī, to slip.]

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elapse

1644, from M.Fr. elapser, from L. elapsus, pp. of elabi "slip or glide away," from ex- "out, away" + labi "to slip, glide." The noun now corresponding to elapse is lapse.

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elapse
verb
pass by; "three years elapsed"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
elapse [iˈlaps] verb

(of time) to pass
Example: A month had elapsed since our last meeting.

Arabic:	يَمْضي، يَنْقَضي
Chinese (Simplified):	（时间）消逝
Chinese (Traditional):	(時間)消逝
Czech:	uplynout
Danish:	gå; forløbe
Dutch:	voorbijgaan
Estonian:	mööduma
Finnish:	vierähtää
French:	(s')écouler
German:	verstreichen
Greek:	περνώ (για χρόνο)
Hungarian:	(el)telik
Icelandic:	líða hjá
Indonesian:	berlalu
Italian:	passare, trascorrere

Japanese:	経過する
Korean:	(시간이) 경과하다
Latvian:	(par laiku) paiet; aizritēt
Lithuanian:	praeiti, praslinkti
Norwegian:	forløpe
Polish:	upłynąć
Portuguese (Brazil):	transcorrer
Portuguese (Portugal):	decorrer
Romanian:	a se scurge
Russian:	проходить
Slovak:	uplynúť
Slovenian:	minevati
Spanish:	pasar, transcurrir
Swedish:	förflyta
Turkish:	geçmek

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Elapse

E*lapse"\, v. 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.

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