Both Uses of
elapse
in
Northanger Abbey
- And nine years, Catherine knew, was a trifle of time, compared with what generally elapsed after the death of an injured wife, before her room was put to rights.†
Chpt 23 *
- It was some time before she could find what she looked for; and other family matters occurring to detain her, a quarter of an hour had elapsed ere she returned downstairs with the volume from which so much was hoped.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(elapse) of time: to pass by