elope
- elope
elope 1590s, "
to run off," probably a reborrowing from
M.Du. (ont)lopen "
run away." Sense of "
run from parents to marry secretly" is 19c.
Anglo-Fr. aloper "
run away from a husband with one's lover" is attested from mid-14c., but there is a gap of many years. The Anglo-French word represents O.Fr
es- +
M.E. lepen "
run, leap" (see
LEAP (
Cf. leap) (
v.)). The oldest Germanic word for "
wedding" is represented by
O.E. brydlop (
Cf. O.H.G. bruthlauft,
O.N. bruðhlaup),
lit. "
bridal run," the conducting of the woman to her new home. Related:
Eloped;
eloping.
Etymology dictionary.
2014.
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elope — elope; elope·ment; … English syllables
Elope — E*lope , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Eloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eloping}.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont (akin to G. ent , AS. and , cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See {Leap}, v. t.] To run away, or escape privately, from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elope — [v] run away to be married abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, flee, fly, go secretly, go to Gretna Green*, leave, run off, skip*, slip away, slip out, steal away; concept 297 … New thesaurus
elope — ► VERB ▪ run away secretly in order to get married. DERIVATIVES elopement noun. ORIGIN Old French aloper … English terms dictionary
elope — [ē lōp′, ilōp′] vi. eloped, eloping [Anglo Fr aloper, prob. < ME * aleapen, to leap up, run away < OE ahleapan (infl. ? by ON hlaupa, to run > LOPE) < a , away + hleapan, to run, LEAP] 1. to run away secretly, esp. in order to get… … English World dictionary
elope — UK [ɪˈləʊp] / US [ɪˈloʊp] verb [intransitive] Word forms elope : present tense I/you/we/they elope he/she/it elopes present participle eloping past tense eloped past participle eloped if two people elope, they go away secretly to get married… … English dictionary
elope — v. (D; intr.) to elope with (she eloped with her childhood sweetheart) * * * [ɪ ləʊp] (D; intr.) to elope with (she eloped with her childhood sweetheart) … Combinatory dictionary
elope — e|lope [ ı loup ] verb intransitive if two people elope, they go away secretly to get married ╾ e|lope|ment noun count or uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
elope — [17] Etymologically, elope signifies ‘leap away’. It was originally an Anglo Norman legal term applied to a married woman running off with a lover, and only in the past couple of hundred years has it come to be applied to a couple leaving home to … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
elope — [[t]ɪlo͟ʊp[/t]] elopes, eloping, eloped V RECIP When two people elope they go away secretly together to get married. [pl n V] My girlfriend Lynn and I eloped... [V with n] In 1912 he eloped with Frieda von Richthofen … English dictionary
