elopement
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Elopement — can refer to: *Elopement (dementia) *Elopement (marriage) … Wikipedia
Elopement — E*lope ment, n. The act of eloping; secret departure; said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
elopement — 1540s, from ELOPE (Cf. elope) + MENT (Cf. ment). (The word was in Anglo French in 14c.) … Etymology dictionary
elopement — elope ► VERB ▪ run away secretly in order to get married. DERIVATIVES elopement noun. ORIGIN Old French aloper … English terms dictionary
Elopement (marriage) — To elope, most literally, merely means to run away. [Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/elope] More specifically, elopement is often used to refer to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion,… … Wikipedia
elopement — noun see elope … New Collegiate Dictionary
elopement — noun The act of eloping … Wiktionary
elopement — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Gretna Green wedding, absence without leave, absquatulation, banns, bolt, bridal, bridal suite, bridechamber, chuppah, church wedding, civil ceremony, civil wedding, decampment, desertion,… … Moby Thesaurus
elopement — e lope·ment || mÉ™nt n. act of secretly running away for the purpose of being married … English contemporary dictionary
elopement — elope·ment … English syllables
