the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To slide, slip, or glide away; pass away with or as if with a continuous gliding motion: used of time.
To pass out of view or consideration; suffer lapse or neglect.
n. The act of passing; lapse.
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v. pass by
Word Usage
"In addition, a certain time must elapse from the injection of the serum until its antitoxic and healing activity in the affected parts of the body can develop."