Both Uses
elapse
in
The Secret Sharer
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- Before an hour had elapsed since the ship had begun to move, having occasion to ask the mate (he stood by my side) to take a compass bearing of the pagoda, I caught myself reaching up to his ear in whispers.†
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- Our eyes met; several seconds elapsed, till, our glances still mingled, I extended my hand and turned the lamp out.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(elapse) of time: to pass by
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)