Elopement
[ɪ'lopmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married).
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Definition
(n.) The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of eloping is unfavorable. To the married, it denotes that you hold places which you are unworthy to fill, and if your ways are not rectified your reputation will be at stake. To the unmarried, it foretells disappointments in love and the unfaithfulness of men. To dream that your lover has eloped with some one else, denotes his or her unfaithfulness. To dream of your friend eloping with one whom you do not approve, denotes that you will soon hear of them contracting a disagreeable marriage.
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Examples
- It was a case of elopement. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I only hope it is no worse than an elopement, he said. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Not a syllable had ever reached her of Miss Darcy's meditated elopement. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I might have some hope of preventing the elopement; but there's the same difficulty, Mr. Walker, just the same. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Had they no apprehension of anything before the elopement took place? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You may not have heard of the last blow--Julia's elopement; she is gone to Scotland with Yates. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I took her to the sign of the exquisite, and treated her with an elopement, her name's Emily, and she lives in the east? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But this taking him in the very act of elopement, would be a very difficult thing to accomplish, I fear,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She had promised to meet Wildeve by the Barrow this very night at eight, to give a final answer to his pleading for an elopement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I am no stranger to the particulars of your youngest sister's infamous elopement. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Julia's elopement could affect her comparatively but little; she was amazed and shocked; but it could not occupy her, could not dwell on her mind. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And when,' said Mr. Pickwick--'when is this villainous design to be carried into execution--when is this elopement to take place? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The favourite topic on my arrival in town was the Marquis of Anglesea's elopement with the wife of Sir Henry Wellesley. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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