Elapse Definition

ĭ-lăps
elapsed, elapses, elapsing
verb
elapsed, elapses, elapsing
To slip by; pass.
Webster's New World
noun
Passage; lapse.
An elapse of many years.
American Heritage

Origin of Elapse

  • Latin ēlābī ēlāps- ē-, ex- ex- lābī to slip

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.

    From Wiktionary

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