Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Elope \E*lope"\, 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.

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