Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-LOPE, v.i. [D. loopen; wegloopen; G. laufen, entlaufen; Sw. lopa; Dan. löber; Sax. hleapan; Eng. to leap. In all the dialects, except the English, leap signifies to run. Qu. Heb. חלף. Class Lb, No. 30.]

1. To run away; to depart from one's proper place or station privately or without permission; to quit, without permission or right, the station in which one is placed by law or duty. Particularly and appropriately, to run away or depart from a husband, and live with an adulterer, as a married woman; or to quit a father's house, privately or without permission, and marry or live with a gallant, as an unmarried woman.
2. To run away; to escape privately; to depart, without permission, as a son from a father's house, or an apprentice from his master's service.