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verb-intransitive. To run away with a lover, especially with the intention of getting married.

verb-intransitive. To run away; abscond.

v. To run away from home with a paramour.

v. 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.

v. (dated) To run away from home (for any reason).

verb-intransitive. 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.

To run away; escape; break loose from legal or natural ties; specifically, to run away with a lover or paramour in defiance of duty or social restraints.

v. run away secretly with one's beloved

"The old-fashioned meaning of the word elope was used to describe a married woman who ran away with her lover."

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