ELOPES
Verb
elopes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elope
Anagrams
• speleo-
Source: Wiktionary
ELOPE
E*lope", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.] Etym:
[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.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition