Elapsed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elapsed
       adj : (of time) having passed or slipped by; "elapsed time"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "elapsed":
     ago, antiquated, antique, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, dated,
     dead, dead and buried, deceased, defunct, departed, expired,
     extinct, finished, forgotten, gone, gone glimmering, gone-by,
     has-been, irrecoverable, lapsed, no more, obsolete, over, passe,
     passed, passed away, past, run out, vanished, wound up