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   E·lapse

   /əˈlaps/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of time) pass or go by: "weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack"

   Word 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’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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