E-lăpse', v. i.

[imp. & p. p. ELAPSED (e-lăpst'); p. pr. & vb. n. ELAPSING.] [Lat. elabi, elapsus, from e, out, and labi, to fall, slide.] To slide, slip, or glide by; to pass away silently, as time; — used chiefly in reference to time.

Eight days elapsed, at length a pilgrim came. Hoole