Elapse
[ɪ'læps]
Definition
(v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Pass, lapse, glide away, slip away, pass away.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pass, slip, lapse, glide_away, intervene
ANT:Wait, abide, hold, continue, halt, endure
Editor: Moore
Definition
v.i. to slip or glide away: to pass silently as time.—n. Elap′sion.
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Examples
- There is also every reason to believe that the French colonists in Maryland and Canada let no great time elapse before importing tables and equipment into those colonies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the few hours that I can possibly allow to elapse before I publish the truth, how is he to be found by us, and only by us? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Emmy was calculating eagerly the time that would elapse before the letter would arrive and be answered. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She began to count the long days, and months, and years which must elapse, before he would be restored to a private station, and unreservedly to her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But it was winter now, and months must elapse before we are hurled from our security. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The copse shall be firewood ere five years elapse. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A few days were allowed to elapse (as a precaution agreed to by both parties) before the jewel was actually taken out of the bank. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The time allotted to a lesson having fully elapsed, there was a general putting on of bonnets. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As Parker promised to return to Fanny in a week, she grew uneasy when almost a fortnight had elapsed without seeing or even hearing from him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Some days elapsed, and it appeared she was not likely to take much of a fancy to anybody in the house. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Two hundred years, nearly, elapsed before the next important advance in horology. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- How much time elapsed between your turning the corner and your discovery that the road was clear? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A very long time elapsed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- During the few minutes that elapsed while I was taking him in, the air revived him, and he ascended the steps of the machine with my assistance. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The tree drains rapidly, the full supply of milk being generally obtained within a few hours, but an interval of several years usually elapses before it will yield a fresh supply. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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