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elapse Verb [elapsing, elapsed] (of time) to pass by [Latin elabi to slip away]
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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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