elapseEnglishOxford English Thesauruselapse verb a month elapsed before the appeal hearing began: pass, go by/past, proceed, progress, advance, wear on, march on, slip by/away/past, roll by/past, glide by/past, slide by/past, steal by/past, tick by/past; fly by/past; creep by/past, crawl by/past.elapse Oxford Dictionary of English