elapse

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   of time: to pass or go by

   Several minutes elapsed before the backup generator started.

From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus, the past participle of elabi ("to slip or glide away"). Elabi combines e- ("out, away") with labi ("to glide, slip"), giving the modern image of time slipping away.

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