Usually means: Marries secretly, often without permission.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. elopes: Merriam-Webster
  2. elopes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. elopes: Vocabulary.com
  4. elopes: Wordnik
  5. elopes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. elopes: Wiktionary
  7. elopes: Dictionary.com
  8. elopes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Elopes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. elopes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elopes: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (elope)

verb:  (intransitive, of a married or engaged person) To run away from home with a paramour.
verb:  (intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).
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