elope
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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.
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| —vb | |
| (intr) to run away secretly with a lover, esp in order to marry | |
| [C16: from Anglo-French aloper, perhaps from Middle Dutch lōpen to run; see | |
| e'lopement | |
| —n | |
| e'loper | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
elope
1590s, from Anglo-Fr. aloper "run away from a husband with one's lover" (1338), from O.Fr es- + M.E. lepen "run, leap," or M.Du. (out)lopen "run away." Sense of "lovers who run from parents to marry secretly" is 19c. The oldest Gmc. word for "wedding" is represented by O.E. brydlop (cf. O.H.G. bruthlauft,
O.N. bruðhlaup), lit. "bridal run," the conducting of the woman to her new home. Related: Eloped; eloping.
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Example sentences
There is also a risk of harm to patients trying to elope because of inadequate facilities design characteristics.
Bankers wanted to elope with her, realtors wanted to buy her a building.
Persons with confusion or dementia who elope from facilities are at great risk of harm.
Claimant has no sense of danger, for he does not look before crossing streets and tends to elope or run away.
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