'Elapse' definitions:

Definition of 'elapse'

From: WordNet
verb
Pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along]

Definition of 'Elapse'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. --Hoole. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'elapse'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Elapse'