elapses

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third-person singular of elapse
elapse
To pass or move by

Several days elapsed before they met again.

elapse
to quietly terminate: said of time
elapse
When time elapses, it passes. Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest. if a particular period of time elapses, it passes (elapsus, past participle of elabi )
elapse
{v} to pass away, run out, lose aright
elaps
Many species are known
elaps
A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World
elaps
See Coral snake, under Coral
elapse
pass by; "three years elapsed
elapse
To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; used chiefly in reference to time
elapse
pass by; "three years elapsed"
elapse
{f} pass, go by, slip by
elapses

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    [ i-'laps ] (intransitive verb.) 1644. Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi, from e- + labi to slip; more at SLEEP.
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