Definition of elope

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e·lope    (-lp) KEY 

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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
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 Indo-European roots + lopen, to run

OTHER FORMS:
e·lopement(Noun), e·loper(Noun)