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Definition: ELOPING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To abscond or flee. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To escape, swerve or evade.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb elope.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(elope)
1. Run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas".[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: eloping, eloped, elopes, eloper, elopers, elopingly and elopedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Eloping" is a common misspelling or typo for: sloping.

Date "Eloping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Specialty Definition: ELOPING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Running away; departing privately,or without permission, from a husband, father or master.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of elope. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: ELOPING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To abscond or flee. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To escape, swerve or evade.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Present participle conjugation of the verb elope.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(elope)
1. Run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas".[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: eloping, eloped, elopes, eloper, elopers, elopingly and elopedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"ELOPING" is a common misspelling or typo for: sloping.

Date "ELOPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Specialty Definition: ELOPING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Running away; departing privately,or without permission, from a husband, father or master.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of elope. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: elope

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Let's Elope11   Let's Elope11

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