Definition of Elopements

1. Noun. (plural of elopement) ¹

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Definition of Elopements

1. elopement [n] - See also: elopement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elopements

elongated
elongates
elongating
elongation
elongation factor
elongational
elongationally
elongations
elongator
elonged
elonging
elongs
elope
eloped
elopement
elopements (current term)
eloper
elopers
elopes
elopid
elopids
eloping
elopomorph
elops
elopses
eloquence
eloquences
eloquency
eloquent
eloquently

Literary usage of Elopements

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Common Sense: Applied to the Causes, Prevention and Cure of Chronic by Edward Bliss Foote (1864)
"Philosophy of elopements. elopements are becoming so frequent, ... It is common to ascribe elopements to human depravity, but I am disposed to attribute ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Wedding — How Paternal Consent is Obtained — Indian elopements — Love Defiant of Locks and Bars — Escape from the Lodge — Flight and Pursuit — Assessing ..."

3. Marriage in the United States by Auguste Carlier (1867)
"elopements. There are other cases where social propriety, though not so rudely shocked, yet has claims which the parents would not see disregarded. ..."

4. Plain home talk by Edward Bliss Foote (1892)
"It is common to ascribe elopements to human depravity, but I am disposed to attribute them to human ignorance. Our public schools make good historians, ..."

5. Mozart: A Biographical Romance by Heribert Rau (1870)
"TWO elopements. MOZART'S opera, "The Elopement from the Seraglio," was now finished; but close about the feet of the master's hopes hissed the old snake of ..."

6. Quakerism: Or, The Story of My Life by Sarah D. Greer (1852)
"... husband—elopements—Feelings—Education unnecessary for a Preacher—Persecution—Friend Gregory's method of taking revenge—Disownment and its consequences. ..."

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