[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elope \elope"\, 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.
   1913 webster

         great numbers of them the women have eloped from
         their allegiance.                        --addison.
   1913 webster
see also:
eloped eloping leap 

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