elapsed, ppl. a.
(ɪˈlæpst)
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
1. Lapsed, past, gone by.
| 1644 Quarles Sheph. Orac. i, Such may have pardons for elapsed crimes. a 1774 Goldsm. Grecian Hist. I. 223 The first campaign being elapsed. 1790 Marsden in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 573 The Hindoos compute from the elapsed year. 1805 Foster Ess. i. i. 6 The elapsed periods of life. 1854 H. Miller Sch. & Schm. xvi. (1857) 366 The elapsed half of the present century. |
† 2. Suffered to slip by, neglected. Obs.
| 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. viii. 86 Such great acts..comprise the elapsed duty of many moneths. |
† 3. Of angels: Fallen. Obs.
| 1665 Wither Lord's Prayer 27 The Prince of the Spirits elapsed began to Usurp a part of God's Kingdom. |