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Definition of elapse verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

elapse

 verb
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
 
 
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(formal) if a period of time elapses, it passes synonym go by Many years elapsed before they met again.
See elapse in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary