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elapse

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e·lapse  (-lps)
intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es
To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating.
n.
Passage; lapse: met again after an elapse of many years.

[Latin lb, lps- : -, ex-, ex- + lb, to slip.]

elapse
Verb
[elapsing, elapsed] (of time) to pass by [Latin elabi to slip away]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.elapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
fell, vanish, fly - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

elapse
verb pass, go, go by, lapse, pass by, slip away, roll on, slip by, roll by, glide by
Translations
Spanish elapse [ɪˈlæps] vitranscurrir
French elapse [ɪˈlæps] vis'écouler, passer
German elapse [ɪˈlæps] vivergehen, verstreichen
Italian elapse [ɪˈlæps] vitrascorrere, passare

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A few days were allowed to elapse (as a precaution agreed to by both parties) before the jewel was actually taken out of the bank.
Twelve, fifteen, eighteen months would often elapse without any tidings of them, when they would come sweeping their way down the Ottawa in full glee, their canoes laden down with packs of beaver skins.
It was not yet certain, although very probable, that the tulip would flower black; if, therefore, he stole it now, he not only might be committing a useless crime, but also the theft might be discovered in the time which must elapse until the flower should open.
 
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