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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: aloper 'to run away'

elope

 verb
     
e‧lope [intransitive]
to leave your home secretly in order to get married:
My parents didn't approve of the marriage, so we eloped.
—elopement noun [uncountable and countable]
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