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Passing by
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elapsing
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. ...
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vb. (present participle of elapse English)
Usage examples of elapsing.
As he does so, he periodically stops so that he and Gracie can compare the rate at which time is elapsing on their clocks.
The time elapsing between the hearing of the voices in contention and the breaking open of the room door, was variously stated by the witnesses.
The time elapsing between the hearing of the voices in contention and the breaking open of the room door was variously stated by the witnesses.
The victims must have been sitting with their backs toward the window, and, from the time elapsing between the ingress of the beast and the screams, it seem probable that it was not immediately perceived.
Though it may seem to the reader that some time has elapsed since the first sounding of the alarm, all that I have set down took place in a very short period--hardly three minutes elapsing since Tom and the others came rushing out of the aerial warship building.
Outside, amazingly, night had fallen although Liath had no sense of so much time elapsing while she conversed with Sorgatani.