elapsing

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elapsing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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           Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. --Hoole.
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