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Synonyms
e·lapse (ĭ-lăpś)

[Latin ēlābī, ēlāps-, ē-, ex-, ex-, + lābī, to slip.]

intransitive verb: e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es. 

To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating.

noun 

Passage; lapse: met again after an elapse of many years.