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Definition of elapse verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

elapse

verb

NAmE//ɪˈlæps//

[intransitive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they elapse

he / she / it elapses

past simple elapsed

-ing form elapsing

(formal) if a period of time elapses, it passes synonym go by Many years elapsed before they met again.

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