Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elapse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elapse
v : pass by, as of time [syn: {lapse}, {pass}, {slip by}, {glide
by}, {slip away}, {go by}, {slide by}, {go along}]
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