Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Elapse \E*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Elapsed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Elapsing}.] [L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e
   out + labi to fall, slide. See {Lapse}.]
   To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; --
   used chiefly in reference to time.

         Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. --Hoole.

Source : WordNet®

elapse
     v : pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: {lapse}, {pass}, {slip
         by}, {glide by}, {slip away}, {go by}, {slide by}, {go
         along}]