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interlapse

Noun

interlapse (plural interlapses)

(obsolete) The time between two events.
Synonyms: gap, interval, Thesaurus:interim
(obsolete, rare) The distance between two things.
Synonyms: gap, separation, Thesaurus:interspace

Verb

interlapse (interlapses, present participle interlapsing; past and past participle interlapsed)

(obsolete) To elapse (between two events).
Synonyms: intervene
- 1651, Henry Parker (writer), Scotlands Holy War, London, “Of the Scoch Warre,” p. ,
  the space of time that interlapsed betwixt the overthrow of Hamilton, and our solemne denouncing against them for that hostilitie
- 1821, The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Sixteenth Congress—Second Session, Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1855, “South American States,” p. 1050,
  But the time which has interlapsed since the adoption of the resolution has given us indubitable evidence of the course of policy which the President is resolved to pursue.
- 1858, George M. Ryder, “Gillian” in Gillian; and Other Poems, Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, p. 37,
  Many a week would frequent interlapse
  Ere yet a letter came—
- 1916, Illinois Public Utilities Commission, Public Utilities Report, in Public Utilities Reports Annotated, Rochester, NY: The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, p. 310,
  We must at every step of the way outline to ourselves the necessary lengths of interlapsing time to do all these things, as well as the amount of labor to design, contract for, and actually build each structure.
(obsolete, rare) To be situated between.
- 1895, William Sharp (writer) (as Fiona Macleod), The Mountain Lovers, London: John Lane, Chapter 1, p. 13,
  But when the pool, save for the margins, was all one wave of interlapsing gold and silver, the shadow-shape at last raised a shaggy peaked head.

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