Defn: The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
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.]
Defn: 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.
ELOPEMENT
E*lope"ment, n.
Defn: 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.
ELOPER
E*lop"er, n.
Defn: One who elopes.
ELOPS
E"lops, n. Etym: [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of fishes. See Saury.