E-lōpe', v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. ELOPED (e-lōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. ELOPING.] [D. loopen, ontloopen, L. Ger. lopen, Sw. lōpa, Dan. löbe, N. H. Ger. laufen, entlaufen, O. H. Ger. loufan, hloufan, Goth. hlaupan, O. Sax. hlōpan, A-S. hleápan, to run, jump, leap.] To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty;—said especially of a woman, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a lover.

Love and elope, as modern ladies do. Cawthorne.