Word of the Day, Pt. I

English Word Of The Day

to elope

intr.v. e·loped, e·lop·ing, e·lopes

1. To run away with a lover, especially with the intention of getting married.

2. To run away; abscond.

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[Perhaps Anglo-Norman aloper, to run away from one's husband with a lover, from Middle Dutch ontlopen, to run away : ont-, away from, along; see ant- in Indo-European roots + lopen, to run.]

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e·lopement n.

e·loper n.

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elope

verb run away, leave, escape, disappear, bolt, run off, slip away, abscond, decamp, sneak off, steal away, do a bunk (informal)