Meaning of ELAPSE
| Pronunciation: | | i'laps
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [v] pass by, as of time |
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| | Synonyms: | | glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by |
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| | See Also: | | advance, fell, fly, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress, vanish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | advance, be all over, be gone, be past, continue, die, disappear, endure, expire, flit, flow, flow on, fly, glide, go, go by, go on, have run out, lapse, last, pass, pass away, pass by, press on, proceed, roll on, run, run its course, run on, run out, slide, slip, slip away, slip by, transpire |
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