Elope
Pronunciation : E*lope"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913