elapse

Verb

Synonyms: lapse pass slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

pass by“three years elapsed”Synonyms: lapse pass slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along

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]