eloping

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eloping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from
           their allegiance.                        --Addison.
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