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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-lohp-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈloʊp mənt



Definition of elopement

Origin :
  • 1540s, from elope + -ment. (The word was in Anglo-French in 14c.).
  • As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway
Example sentences :
  • On the night of the elopement the two children met at the minister's house.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Of course if they thought it an elopement, they might not take that trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Don't you think an elopement is perfectly splendid—so romantic and all that?
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was the old story—an elopement, a grand row, and then all was forgiven.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • I suppose she was always like that; even in the very hour of elopement with Fyne.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • Then I adjusted it to the matter in hand which was neither more nor less than an elopement.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • What would his friends say if he involved Helene in the scandal of an elopement?
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Some said you had been proposing an elopement: others said you hadn't.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • I hastened to meet the Delia Torres, and then came our elopement.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • You may not hope to make use of a king's ship for the purposes of an elopement.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Synonyms for elopement

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