[ɪˈlaps], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of time) pass or go by
(e.g: weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘slip away’): from Latin elaps- ‘slipped away’, from the verb elabi, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + labi ‘to glide, slip’