v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eloped p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping. ] [ 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. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great numbers of them [ the women ] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. One who elopes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes. See Saury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mythical serpent. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]