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| 1. | (of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began. |
| 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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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| elapse | |
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| pass by; "three years elapsed" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
elapse [iˈlaps] verb
(of time) to pass
Example: A month had elapsed since our last meeting.
Example: A month had elapsed since our last meeting.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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