elapsed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (of time) having passed or slipped by“elapsed time”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Elapse \E*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Elapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.] [L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.] To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. [1913 Webster]

Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. --Hoole. [1913 Webster]

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