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elapseELAPSE, v.i. elaps'. [L. elapsus, from elabor,labor, to slide.] To slide away; to slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; applied chiefly or wholly to time. [Instead of elapse,the noun, we use lapse.] |
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elapseELAPSE, v.i. elaps'. [L. elapsus, from elabor,labor, to slide.] To slide away; to slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; applied chiefly or wholly to time. [Instead of elapse,the noun, we use lapse.] |