elapse
[ ih-laps ]
/ ɪˈlæps /
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verb (used without object), e·lapsed, e·laps·ing.
(of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
noun
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
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Origin of elapse
1635–45; <Latin ēlapsus (past participle of ēlābī to slip away), equivalent to e-e-1 + lab- slip + -sus for -tus past participle suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for elapse
elapse
/ (ɪˈlæps) /
verb
(intr) (of time) to pass by
Word Origin for elapse
C17: from Latin ēlābī to slip away, from lābī to slip, glide
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