Crossword-Solution: ELAPSE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Elapse | v. i. | To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ELAPSE | anagram | ASLEEP, PEALES, PLEASE, SAPELE, SLEEPA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ELAPSE (5)
Weeks, it is true, would sometimes elapse, during which Pearl’s gaze might never once be fixed upon the scarlet letter; but then, again, it would come at unawares, like the stroke of sudden death, and always with that peculiar smile and odd expression of the eyes.
Many centuries had to elapse before this soul was identified as static electricity and magnetism and harnessed for the generation of mains electricity which dramatically altered the pattern of life on our planet--and also led to the creation of our hobby of Amateur Radio.
She counted the days that must elapse before he would return from Opar and discover what had transpired during his absence.
Have you endeavoured to trace any of the securities here mentioned?” “Inquiries are now being made at the offices, but I fear that the complete register of the stockholders of these South American concerns is in South America, and that some weeks must elapse before we can trace the shares.” Holmes had been examining the cover of the notebook with his magnifying lens.
Have you endeavoured to trace any of the securities here mentioned?” “Inquiries are now being made at the offices, but I fear that the complete register of the stockholders of these South American concerns is in South America, and that some weeks must elapse before we can trace the shares.” Holmes had been examining the cover of the note-book with his magnifying lens.
Quotes with ELAPSE (3)
Everything we hold will soon elapse, as we’ll sleep through one dreamless night; but rising again to this dream, whether we’ll behiding behind our darkness or this borrowed light?"- Thou little fool
We imagine always when we speak that it is our own ears, our own mind, that are listening. The truth which one puts into one's words does not carve out a direct path for itself, it is not irresistibly self-evident. A considerable time must elapse before a truth of the same order can take shape in them.
While performing the great majority of the actions in their life, people are totally unaware. We tend to go through our daily activities mechanically. We talk without real purpose. We do things without even knowing that we do them. We are not really present to what we are doing. Even if we practise being aware, entire portions of our days can elapse before we retrieve our thread of awareness. In short, we are not living our life, we are sleeping it.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 427 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).