elapse
Use Elapse in a sentence
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; < Latin ēlapsus (past participle of ēlābī to slip away), equivalent to e- e-1 + lab- slip + -sus for -tus past participle suffix
1635–45; < Latin ēlapsus (past participle of ēlābī to slip away), equivalent to e- e-1 + lab- slip + -sus for -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
un·e·lapsed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| (intr) (of time) to pass by | |
| [C17: from Latin ēlābī to slip away, from lābī to slip, glide] | |
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Word Origin & History
elapse
1640s, 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. Related: Elapsed; elapsing.
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Example sentences
However, sponsors are no longer required to ensure that specific time periods elapse between the meal services.
Often several years elapse before developers can obtain approval to begin construction.
Typically, several years elapse between conferences.
The test requires that five minutes elapse before any cooling or extinguishing agent can be applied to the brakes.
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