Interlapse
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The time between two events. obsolete
"[…] after a short interlapse of time [the salts] produce Coughs, Ptisicks, and at last a Pulmonique Consumption."
- 2 The distance between two things. obsolete, rare
"There is an exquisite continuous gradation and interlapse of hue between the silver-grays, the reddish-browns, and the dull yellows of the honeysuckles, the ruddy apple, the auburn tresses of Venus, her lips and eyes, the red and pink roses, the yellow butterflies, and the dark-green background."
- 1 To elapse (between two events). obsolete
"the space of time that interlapsed betwixt the overthrow of Hamilton, and our solemne denouncing against them for that hostilitie"
- 2 To be situated between. obsolete, rare
"1895, William Sharp (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."
Example
More examples"[…] after a short interlapse of time [the salts] produce Coughs, Ptisicks, and at last a Pulmonique Consumption."
Etymology
From inter- + lapse.
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