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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Elapse

/ĭl-ăps'/ · E·lapse · IPA /ɪˈlæps/
01 v. i. 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
  1. 1.
    To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
    “Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came.” — Hoole.