elapse
(of time) to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
Origin of elapse
1Other words from elapse
- un·e·lapsed, adjective
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How to use elapse in a sentence
After the removal of the lintels a comparatively short time elapses before the falling in of the wall above.
The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 | Cosmos MindeleffIn other forges, the processes are performed separately, or an interval elapses between each stage of the work.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreA moment of hesitation elapses, and then the questioner pursues, "Here and there a horn?"
Literary Friends And Acquaintances | William Dean HowellsNo long time elapses before our friend Lavengro encounters his predestined squire.
Barely a century elapses when they are found wavering again, owing to circumstances then taking place in the East.
The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon | Habeeb Risk Allah
British Dictionary definitions for elapse
/ (ɪˈlæps) /
(intr) (of time) to pass by
Origin of elapse
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