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e·lope

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–verb (used without object), e·loped, e·lop·ing.

1.	to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.

2.	to run away with a lover.

3.	to leave without permission or notification; escape.

[Origin: 1590–1600; ME *alopen to run away (whence AF aloper). See a-³, lope

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—Related forms

e·lope·ment, noun

e·lop·er, noun

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intr.v. e·loped, e·lop·ing, e·lopes

To run away with a lover, especially with the intention of getting married.
To run away; abscond.

[Perhaps Anglo-Norman aloper, to run away from one's husband with a lover, from Middle Dutch ontlopen, to run away : ont-, away from, along; see ant- in Indo-European roots + lopen, to run.]

e·lope'ment n., e·lop'er n.

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elopement
noun
the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

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Elopement

E*lope"ment\, n. The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

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