Both Uses of
elapse
in
The Age of Innocence
- It was generally considered "as fine as a Cabanel," and, though twenty years had elapsed since its execution, was still "a perfect likeness."†
Chpt 7 *
- But during the ten days which had elapsed since her return to New York she had perhaps guessed from his silence, and from the fact of his making no attempt to see her, that he was meditating a decisive step, a step from which there was no turning back.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(elapse) of time: to pass by