elope
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman aloper (“to abduct, run away”), itself borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *andihlaupan (“to run away”). Equivalent to and- + lope as well as and- + leap (these being doublets). More at lope.
Base: lope
Affixes: and-
Inflected forms:
form: elopes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: eloping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: eloped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: eloped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ellope
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: Of an unmarried person, to run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: My younger sister has left all her friends-- has eloped; has thrown herself into the power of-- of Mr. Wickham.
Although Cecilia was the youngest of the surviving Thrale daughters, she had been the first to marry, eloping to Gretna Green in 1795 with John Meredith Mostyn of neighboring Llewesog Lodge. Both were underage.
"[Molly:] —It was the same last time [You-Know-Who] was powerful, people eloping left right and centre– —Including you and Dad, said Ginny slyly."
Although they had eloped in Vegas, she'd insisted he wear a tuxedo and she buy a wedding dress at one of the local stores.
They knew each other for maybe a month before they eloped in Vegas.
gloss: To escape from one's caretaker.
pos: verb
gloss: To run away from home (for any reason).
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: He had been intended by his father for trade, but his spirit, soaring above the occupation for which he was designed, from repining led him to resist, and from resisting, to rebel. He eloped from his friends, and contrived to enter the army.
That horrid girl of mine has been trying to run away. I had not a notion of her being such a little devil before, she seemed to have all the Vernon milkiness; but on receiving the letter in which I declared my intention about Sir James, she actually attempted to elope; at least, I cannot otherwise account for her doing it. She meant, I suppose, to go to the Clarks in Staffordshire, for she has no other acquaintances.
If we'd been a bit quicker, we could have caught Gowan before he eloped
Derived words: elopement
eloper
Translations:
lang: Chinese
word: 綴人走 /缀人走
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Czech
word: utéci
lang: Czech
word: uprchnout
lang: Dutch
word: weglopen
lang: Finnish
word: karata
lang: French
word: s'enfuir
lang: German
word: durchbrennen
lang: Irish
word: éalaigh le chéile
lang: Karok
word: ithxip
lang: Malayalam
word: ഒളിച്ചോടുക
roman: oḷiccōṭuka
lang: Polish
word: uciekać potajemnie z kochankiem
lang: Polish
word: uciec potajemnie z kochankiem
lang: Portuguese
word: fugir
lang: Russian
word: сбега́ть
roman: sbegátʹ
lang: Russian
word: сбежа́ть
roman: sbežátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: arrancarse
lang: Spanish
word: escaparse
lang: Spanish
word: fugarse
lang: Spanish
word: huir por amor
lang: Spanish
word: huirse amorosamente
lang: Tagalog
word: magtanan
lang: Bulgarian
word: приста́вам
roman: pristávam
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 私奔
roman: si¹ ban¹
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 跈人走
roman: thèn-ngìn-chéu
lang: Chinese
word: 綴人走 /缀人走
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 私奔
roman: sībēn
lang: Czech
word: uprchnout (za účelem sňatku)
lang: Dutch
word: weglopen
lang: Esperanto
word: kunfuĝi
lang: Finnish
word: karata
lang: German
word: durchbrennen
lang: Greek
word: κλέβομαι
roman: klévomai
lang: Irish
word: éalaigh le chéile
lang: Japanese
word: 駆け落ちする
roman: kakeochi suru
lang: Khmer
word: រត់តាមគ្នា
roman: rŭət taam kniə
lang: Polish
word: uciekać potajemnie z partnerem
lang: Polish
word: uciec potajemnie z partnerem
lang: Portuguese
word: fugir
lang: Russian
word: сбега́ть
roman: sbegátʹ
lang: Russian
word: сбежа́ть
roman: sbežátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: huir para casar
lang: Spanish
word: huirse para casarse
lang: Spanish
word: jullirse para matrimoniar
lang: Spanish
word: descabullarse para matrimoniarse
lang: Spanish
word: esfumarse para enmaridar
lang: Spanish
word: pirarse para enmaridarse
lang: Spanish
word: escapar para desposarse
lang: Tagalog
word: magtanan
lang: Vietnamese
word: trốn nhà theo trai
lang: Vietnamese
word: trốn nhà theo gái