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1 definition found 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.
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