Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elapse
Participle: elapsed
Gerund: elapsing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | elapse |
| you | elapse |
| he;she;it | elapses |
| we | elapse |
| you | elapse |
| they | elapse |
Perfect
| I | have elapsed |
| you | have elapsed |
| he;she;it | has elapsed |
| we | have elapsed |
| you | have elapsed |
| they | have elapsed |
Past
| I | elapsed |
| you | elapsed |
| he;she;it | elapsed |
| we | elapsed |
| you | elapsed |
| they | elapsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had elapsed |
| you | had elapsed |
| he;she;it | had elapsed |
| we | had elapsed |
| you | had elapsed |
| they | had elapsed |
Future
| I | will elapse |
| you | will elapse |
| he;she;it | will elapse |
| we | will elapse |
| you | will elapse |
| they | will elapse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have elapsed |
| you | will have elapsed |
| he;she;it | will have elapsed |
| we | will have elapsed |
| you | will have elapsed |
| they | will have elapsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elapse |
| you | elapse |
| he;she;it | elapse |
| we | elapse |
| you | elapse |
| they | elapse |
Perfect
| I | have elapsed |
| you | have elapsed |
| he;she;it | have elapsed |
| we | have elapsed |
| you | have elapsed |
| they | have elapsed |
Imperfect
| I | elapsed |
| you | elapsed |
| he;she;it | elapsed |
| we | elapsed |
| you | elapsed |
| they | elapsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had elapsed |
| you | had elapsed |
| he;she;it | had elapsed |
| we | had elapsed |
| you | had elapsed |
| they | had elapsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elapse |
| you | would elapse |
| he;she;it | would elapse |
| we | would elapse |
| you | would elapse |
| they | would elapse |
Perfect
| I | would have elapsed |
| you | would have elapsed |
| he;she;it | would have elapsed |
| we | would have elapsed |
| you | would have elapsed |
| they | would have elapsed |
Imperative
| you | elapse |
| we | Let's elapse |
| you | elapse |
Verbs conjugated like 'elapse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'elapse'
delapse,
lapse,
relapse,
claps,
clause,
ease,
eclipse,
elance,
elate,
ellipse,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1644, from M.Fr. elapser, from L. elapsus, pp. of elabi "slip or glide away," from ex- "out, away" + labi "to slip, glide." The noun now corresponding to elapse is lapse.
2. From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.
Sample Sentences
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[...] keeps himself very close; ’ which was true enough, for I was not very well, and was lying down, with a book. I thought he had done with me after this, but I was deceived; for a long interval having elapsed, during which I imagine him to have been turning restlessly from side to side, and trying to go to sleep; he broke out again, with ‘I suppose that Boz will be writing a book by-and-by, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)