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Word: Elapse
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘slip away’): from Latin elaps- ‘slipped away’, from the verb elabi, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + labi ‘to glide, slip’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪˈlaps
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of time) pass or go by
Short Definition:pass or go by
Examples:- weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack
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