Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Elope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elope \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elope
v : run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple
eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: {run off}]
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