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Princeton's WordNet

  1. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongverb

    pass by

    "three years elapsed"

Wiktionary

  1. elapseverb

    To pass or move by.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Elapseverb

    To pass away; to glide away; to run out without notice.

    Etymology: elapsus, Latin.

    There is a docible season, a learning time in youth, which, suffered to elapse, and no foundation laid, seldom returns. Clariss.

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  1. elapse

    Elapse refers to the passing or the progression of a certain period of time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Elapseverb

    to slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time

  2. Etymology: [L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]

Wikidata

  1. Elapse

    To pass by; having passed by.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Elapse

    e-laps′, v.i. to slip or glide away: to pass silently, as time.—n. Elap′sion. [L. elapsus, elabie, out, away, labi, lapsus, to slide.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of elapse in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of elapse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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