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Elope is defined as to run away in secret, especially to get married.

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An example of to elope is to sneak off to Las Vegas and get married.

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intransitive verb eloped, eloping

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

Origin: 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

Related Forms:

elopement noun
eloper noun

See elope in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb e·loped, e·lop·ing, e·lopes

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

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps Anglo-Norman aloper, to run away from one's husband with a lover

Origin: , from Middle Dutch ontlopen, to run away

Origin: : ont-, away from, along; see ant- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + lopen, to run

Related Forms:

e·lopeˈment noun

e·lopˈer noun

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