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elapsed, ppl. a.|ɪˈlæpst|
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
1. Lapsed, past, gone by.
1644Quarles Sheph. Orac. i, Such may have pardons for elapsed crimes. a1774Goldsm. Grecian Hist. I. 223 The first campaign being elapsed. 1790Marsden in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 573 The Hindoos compute from the elapsed year. 1805Foster Ess. i. i. 6 The elapsed periods of life. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xvi. (1857) 366 The elapsed half of the present century.
†2. Suffered to slip by, neglected. Obs.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. viii. 86 Such great acts..comprise the elapsed duty of many moneths.
†3. Of angels: Fallen. Obs.
1665Wither Lord's Prayer 27 The Prince of the Spirits elapsed began to Usurp a part of God's Kingdom. |