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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryelapse I \i-ˈlaps\ intransitive verb (elapsed ; elaps·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi, from e- + labi to slip — more at sleep DATE 1644: pass, go by four years elapsed before he returned II noun DATE circa 1677: passage returned after an elapse of 15 yearsEnglish Etymologyelapse 1640s, from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. elapser, from L. elapsus, pp. of elabi "slip or glide away," from ex- "out, away" + labi "to slip, glide." The noun now corresponding to elapse is lapse. Related: Elapsed; elapsing.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7elapseelapse / i5lAps / verb[V] (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时) (formal) if a period of time elapses, it passes (时间)消逝,流逝 SYN go by : Many years elapsed before they met again. 过了许多年他们才再次相见。 OLTelapse verb⇨ go byWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedelapseI. \ə̇ˈlaps, ēˈ-\ verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi to slip away, escape, from e- + labi to fall, slide — more at sleepintransitive verb: to slip by : glide away : pass — usually used of time < after 1330, a whole generation elapses before there is another recorded demand for annual parliaments — J.G.Edwards >transitive verbobsolete : to permit (time) to pass : outlast, overstayII. noun(-s)1. archaic : a flowing out : emanation2. of time : passage, expiration < after the elapse of five years the screen is now permitted to dramatize the greatest news event of the modern age — Louise Mace >

Elapse Verb Elapsed From To Slip Noun Years