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Definition of Eloped
1. elope [v] - See also: elope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eloped
Literary usage of Eloped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Husband and Wife, as Respects Property: Partly by John Edward Bright, b, Roper Stote Donnison Roper, Edward Jacob (1849)
"Doubts were formerly entertained of the validity of marriages contracted in
Scotland between persons who eloped from England, to evade the provisions of the ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Corps: this, they proceeded around toward the left of our position, where the
ground gradually rose in the distance, while on our side it eloped away. ..."
3. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"... and is mistaken by her master for her brother, who had formerly been in his
service, but had eloped in female disguise, to prosecute an intrigue in the ..."
4. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways by William Outram Tristam (1888)
"... assuring himself of the quality of his patron's claret ; Sheridan eloped '
running away with his beautiful wife ; Garrick posting to Bath in search of ..."
5. Recollections of the Life of John O'Keeffe by John O'Keeffe (1826)
"Our Wooden walls; or, all to St. Paul's."—" She's eloped."—Mr. Richardson.—John
Bannister. — Mrs. Jordan.—Miss Pope.—Miss Mellon—John Palmer.—James Aickin. ..."
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