Synonyms for elapse

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-laps

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlæps

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Définition of elapse

Origin : 1640s, from Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi "slip or glide away, escape," from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + labi "to slip, glide" (see lapse (n.)). The noun now corresponding to elapse is lapse. Related: Elapsed; elapsing.

verb go by; slip away

Example sentences :

The length of time which must elapse before the trial could come on was dreadful.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

It was Thursday morning, and three days must elapse before his release.
Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger

Weeks might elapse, or months even, when no soul passed that way.
Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan

Years may elapse before work can be resumed—years of dependence and anxiety.
Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall

Seas will not now divide us, nor years elapse before we see each other.
Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

I allowed at least half a minute to elapse before I even lifted up my eyes.
Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow

It will make a far greater difference if twenty years elapse.
Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory

Do you always allow three months to elapse between your visits?
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

But four days at least must elapse before they could hope to leave it.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

Not when a full eight hours must elapse between the call and a reply.
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

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