Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elapsed"

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)

elapsed
adj : (of time) having passed or slipped by: "elapsed time"


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