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   elope

   /ɪˈləʊp/

   verb

   • 1. run away secretly in order to get married: "later he eloped with one of the housemaids"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the general sense ‘abscond, run away’): from Anglo-Norman French aloper, perhaps related to leap.

   Derivatives

   • 1. elopement noun
   • 2. eloper noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

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   • E

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