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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Elope

/ĭl-ōp'/ · E·lope · IPA /ɪˈloʊp/
01 v. i. 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 m…
imp. & p. p. Eloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping
  1. 1.
    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.
    “Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance.” Addison.