Synonyms for elapsed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-laps |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlæps |
Top 10 synonyms for elapsed Other synonyms for the word elapsed
Définition of elapsed
Origin :- 1640s, from Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi "slip or glide away, escape," from ex- "out, away" (see ex-) + labi "to slip, glide" (see lapse (n.)). The noun now corresponding to elapse is lapse. Related: Elapsed; elapsing.
- verb go by; slip away
- The week elapsed, and at the end of it, I had not presented myself at his residence.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- A little more than a year had elapsed when he again entered the political arena.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Uneasily, he had remained in the library until the allotted time was elapsed.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- When, however, suitable time had elapsed, the oldest of the party spoke.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Some hours elapsed before he was conscious of anything that was passing around him.
- Extract from : « Georgie's Present » by Miss Brightwell
- Two or three minutes elapsed, and Mr. Galloway came out again.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- In the few days that had elapsed Hilary had become a legendary figure.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- A month has elapsed,—and we stand in the bedchamber of Sir John Chester.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Several months elapsed, and no remittance arrived from my father.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- Upwards of a year had elapsed since Vivian Grey left England.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
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