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Definitions for: Elope [v] run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
Webster (1913) Definition: E*lope", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eloping.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G.
ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E.
leap. See Leap, v. t.]
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station
to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman
or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a
paramour or a sweetheart.
Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from
their allegiance. --Addison.
Synonyms: run off
See Also: flee, fly, take flight
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