elope

== English == === Alternative forms === ellope (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈləʊp/, /ɛˈləʊp/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈloʊp/, /ɛˈloʊp/ Rhymes: -əʊp Hyphenation: e‧lope === Verb === elope (third-person singular simple present elopes, present participle eloping, simple past and past participle eloped) (intransitive) Of a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour. (intransitive) 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. (intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === elopement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Creek == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *lopiCi. === Pronunciation === (Oklahoma) IPA(key): [ɪlʊ́bi] Hyphenation: e‧lo‧pe === Noun === elope his/her liver ==== Declension ==== === References === J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 72 J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134