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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elapse \E*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Elapsed}; p. pr & vb n. {Elapsing}.] [L. elapsus p. p. of elabi to glide away e out + labi to fall, slide. See {Lapse}.] To slip or glide away to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came --Hoole. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: elapse v : pass by as of time [syn: {lapse}, {pass}, {slip by}, {glide by}, {slip away}, {go by}, {slide by}, {go along}]
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