Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of malacopterygian fishes: same as the family Elopidæ.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
elope .
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Examples
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However, just before the day fixed for their wedding, Franziska elopes with a young forester.
Theodor Storm 2009
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However, just before the day fixed for their wedding, Franziska elopes with a young forester.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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When Jessica elopes with Lorenzo, who is masquerading as Batman, she is disguised as…you've guessed, of course, and aren't surprised when the revelers include Groucho with his trousers around his ankles.
Recurring Daydreams Paul Levy 2011
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The Heiress (1949) - Socially awkward, plain-looking heiress Catherine Sloper (De Havilland) wants to marry dashing, penniless suitor Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), but her tyrannical widower father, Dr. Austin Sloper (Ralph Richardson), smells a gold-digging rat, and threatens to cut off Catherine's inheritance if she elopes.
John Farr: A Tale of Two Sisters: Hollywood's Longest Running Feud 2010
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She apparently elopes with someone she hardly knows, and thengets divorced a few months later.
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Shylock is stunned when his daughter elopes with a chest of money to boot, but Pacino doesn't stumble about in rage and despair.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010
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Shylock is stunned when his daughter elopes with a chest of money to boot, but Pacino doesn't stumble about in rage and despair.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010
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The cant-elopes are looking really good, only 2 weeks till I fill em with vanilla ice cream!
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When her son elopes with the President's daughter her world is turned upside down and nothing will ever be the same again.
1st Southern Reading Reviews In! ____Maggie 2007
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Bored debutante elopes with dashing crime fighter is a good story.
Major Spoilers Poll of the Week: Stretchy Stretchy! | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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