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Delapse vs Elapse - What's the difference?

delapse | elapse |

As verbs the difference between delapse and elapse

is that delapse is to pass down by inheritance; to lapse while elapse is to pass or move by.

delapse

English

Verb

(delaps)
  • (obsolete) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
    • Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, / Of the delapsed crown from Philip. — Drayton.
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    elapse

    English

    Verb

    (elaps)
  • (of time) To pass or move by.
    • He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.
    Several days elapsed before they met again.

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