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Elope definition and meaning

Elope definition: When two people elope , they go away secretly together to get married . | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Word Frequency


elope


(


ɪl

oʊ

p



)

Word forms:


elopes


,


eloping


,


eloped


reciprocal verb

When two people

elope

, they go away secretly together to get married.


My girlfriend Lynn and I eloped.


In 1912 he eloped with Frieda von Richthofen.


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Word Frequency


elope


in American English


(


iˈloʊp




;

ɪˈloʊp



)


verb intransitive

Word forms:


eˈloped


or


eˈloping


1.

to run away secretly, esp. in order to get married


2.

to run away;

escape

;

abscond
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Derived forms



elopement


(

eˈlopement

)


noun



eloper


(

eˈloper

)


noun

Word 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

Word Frequency


elope


in British English


(


ɪˈləʊp



)


verb



(

intransitive

)

to

run


away

secretly with a

lover

, esp in order to

marry

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Derived forms



elopement


(

eˈlopement

)


noun



eloper


(

eˈloper

)


noun

Word origin

C16: from Anglo-French

aloper,

perhaps from Middle Dutch

lōpen

to run; see

lope

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