Dictionary
e•lapse
Pronunciation: (i-laps'), [key]
—v., e•lapsed, e•laps•ing,
—n.
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v.i.
(of time) to slip or pass by:
Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
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n.
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
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