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Definition of Elapses
1. elapse [v] - See also: elapse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elapses
Literary usage of Elapses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knot Tied: Marriage Ceremonies of All Nations by William Tegg (1877)
"A considerable time elapses before the marriage is celebrated. It is employed by
the relations of the bride in preparing her dowry, which generally consists ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"... by the owner of the conversion, until a reasonable time elapses for learning
the facts: Houston etc. li'y Co. v. Adams, 30 Am. Hep. 116. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"The first prominent symptom is a disposition to frequent micturition, which is
at the same time somewhat difficult. Some time often elapses after ..."
4. The Origin and Growth of Civil Liberty in Maryland: A Discourse by George William Brown (1850)
"... yet scarcely a year elapses without adding some new marvel to the influences
of America upon the progressive civilization and comfort of the human race. ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"Beginning with the first glimmering of consciousness in the lowest form o!
lue in which it is conspicuous, a period elapses until the expiration of that in ..."
6. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"... quarrel blows pass, and a sufficient timo then elapses for A to have
cooled, (namely, an hour,) and afterwards he kills B, it is murder, Rex v. ..."
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