intransitive verb eloped eloped′, eloping elop′·ing

1. to run away secretly, esp. in order to get married
2. to run away; escape; abscond

Etymology: Anglo-Fr aloper, prob. < ME *aleapen, to leap up, run away < OE ahleapan (infl. ? by ON hlaupa, to run > lope) < a-, away + hleapan, to run, leap