elope
1elope — elope; elope·ment; …
2Elope — 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… …
3elope — 1590s, to run off, probably a reborrowing from M.Du. (ont)lopen run away. Sense of run from parents to marry secretly is 19c. Anglo Fr. aloper run away from a husband with one s lover is attested from mid 14c., but there is a gap of many years.… …
4elope — [v] run away to be married abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, flee, fly, go secretly, go to Gretna Green*, leave, run off, skip*, slip away, slip out, steal away; concept 297 …
5elope — ► VERB ▪ run away secretly in order to get married. DERIVATIVES elopement noun. ORIGIN Old French aloper …
6elope — [ē lōp′, ilōp′] vi. eloped, eloping [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] 1. to run away secretly, esp. in order to get… …
7elope — UK [ɪˈləʊp] / US [ɪˈloʊp] verb [intransitive] Word forms elope : present tense I/you/we/they elope he/she/it elopes present participle eloping past tense eloped past participle eloped if two people elope, they go away secretly to get married… …
8elope — v. (D; intr.) to elope with (she eloped with her childhood sweetheart) * * * [ɪ ləʊp] (D; intr.) to elope with (she eloped with her childhood sweetheart) …
9elope — e|lope [ ı loup ] verb intransitive if two people elope, they go away secretly to get married ╾ e|lope|ment noun count or uncount …
10elope — [17] Etymologically, elope signifies ‘leap away’. It was originally an Anglo Norman legal term applied to a married woman running off with a lover, and only in the past couple of hundred years has it come to be applied to a couple leaving home to …
