Elapse

v. i.

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To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; - used chiefly in reference to time. [imp. & p. p. Elapsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.] Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. - Hoole.

Verb

1.

elapse - pass by; "three years elapsed" Synonyms: glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass, lapse

advance, be all over, be gone, be past, continue, die, disappear, endure, expire, flit, flow, flow on, fly, glide, go, go by, go on, have run out, lapse, last, pass, pass away, pass by, press on, proceed, roll on, run, run its course, run on, run out, slide, slip, slip away, slip by, transpire