elapse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪˈlæps/(UK)

Definition of elapse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To pass or move by.
    “He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.”
    “Several days elapsed before they met again.”
    “The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value.”
    “Many years elapsed before the success of Kemp Town as a residential district was assured; the foundations of the estate were laid in 1823, but some houses remained untenanted until the 1850s.”

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Etymology

From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.

Hooks

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