intr.v. e·loped, e·lop·ing, e·lopes 1. To run away with a lover, especially with the intention of getting married. 2. To run away; abscond. [Perhaps Anglo-Norman aloper, to run away from one's husband with a lover, from Middle Dutch ontlopen, to run away : ont-, away from, along; see ant- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + lopen, to run.] e·lopement n. e·loper n. |
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