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Word entry · 6 letters

elapse

Best crossword clue

"Pass, as time"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈlæps/Part of speech verbSorted aeelpsStarts with EEnds with E1 clues
1E2L3A4P5S6E

Definitions

  1. for time to move forward

Word origin

From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.

Used in a sentence

  • He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.
  • Several days elapsed before they met again.
  • The week that was yet to elapse, she spent in wandering through her uncle's favourite walks in hours of tearful vigil, beside his tomb, and in collecting together every trifle on which he had set a value.

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