Elope vs Speed - What's the difference?
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(of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour.
(of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
* 1996 , "Introduction", in The Piozzi Letters: Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821 (formerly Mrs. Thrale), Volume 4, 1805-1810 (eds. Edward A. Bloom & Lillian D. Bloom), Associated University Presses (1996), ISBN 0874133939,
* 2009 , Jan Springer, Intimate Stranger , Ellora's Cave (2009), ISBN 9781419921735,
* 2012 , Shirley Jump, One Day to Find a Husband , Harlequin (2012), ISBN 9780373178216,
(dated) To run away from home (for any reason).
* 1782 , Frances Burney, Cecilia
* c. 1794 , Jane Austen, Lady Susan
the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity
the rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time
(photography) the sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
(photography) the duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
(photography) the largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
(photography) the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
(slang) any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine
(archaic) luck, success, prosperity
* Bible, Genesis xxiv. 12
To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
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*:And yf I maye fynde suche a knyghte that hath all these vertues / he may drawe oute this swerd oute of the shethe / for I haue ben at kyng Ryons / it was told me ther were passyng good knyghtes / and he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede
*, I.2.4.vii:
*18thc. , (Oliver Goldsmith), Introductory to Switzerland
*:At night returning, every labor sped , / He sits him down the monarch of a shed: / Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys, / His children’s looks, that brighten at the blaze;
To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Fortune speed us!
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:with rising gales that speed their happy flight
(label) To go fast.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=10 (label) To exceed the speed limit.
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(label) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
*1982 , Carole Offir & Carole Wade, Human sexuality, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p.454:
*:It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.
*2004 , James M. Cypher & James L. Dietz, The process of economic development, Routledge, p.359:
*:Such interventions can help to speed the process of reducing CBRs and help countries pass through the demographic transition threshold more quickly.
To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
(label) To be expedient.
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(label) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:sped with spavins
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped . / If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead.
(label) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
*(Edward Fairfax) (c.1580-1635)
*:He sped him thence home to his habitation.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
*(John Ayliffe) (1676-1732)
*:Judicial actsare sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.
Elope is a related term of speed.
As a verb elope
is (of a married person) to run away from home with a paramour.As a proper noun speed is
.elope
English
(Elopement)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(en-verb)- My younger sister has left all her friends-- has eloped ; has thrown herself into the power of-- of Mr. Wickham.
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- Although Cecilia was the youngest of the surviving Thrale daughters, she had been the first to marry, eloping to Gretna Green in 1795 with John Meredith Mostyn of neighboring Llewesog Lodge. Both were underage.
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- Although they had eloped in Vegas, she'd insisted he wear a tuxedo and she buy a wedding dress at one of the local stores.
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- They knew each other for maybe a month before they eloped in Vegas.
- He had been intended by his father for trade, but his spirit, soaring above the occupation for which he was designed, from repining led him to resist, and from resisting, to rebel. He eloped from his friends, and contrived to enter the army.
- That horrid girl of mine has been trying to run away. I had not a notion of her being such a little devil before, she seemed to have all the Vernon milkiness; but on receiving the letter in which I declared my intention about Sir James, she actually attempted to elope ; at least, I cannot otherwise account for her doing it. She meant, I suppose, to go to the Clarkes in Staffordshire, for she has no other acquaintances.
Derived terms
* elopementspeed
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- How does Usain Bolt run at that speed ?
- O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day.
Synonyms
* velocityDerived terms
* lightspeed * speed bump * speed chess * speed camera * speed dating * speed demon * speed dial * speed freak * speedful * speed hump * speed limit * speed of light * speed of sound * speedometer * speed queen * speedread * speedrun * speed skating * speedway * speedySee also
Units for measuring speed : metres/meters per second, , [[ft/sec and fps, miles per hour, mph ; mach (aeronautical)Etymology 2
From (etyl) speden, from (etyl) .Verb
- Aristotle must find out the motion of Euripus; Pliny must needs see Vesuvius; but how sped they? One loseth goods, another his life.
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