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elances

elances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elance.

Meaning of elance

Verb

elance (third-person singular simple present elances, present participle elancing, simple past and past participle elanced)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To throw like a lance; to hurl.
    • Iö! while thy unerring hand elanc'd / Another, and another dart; the people / Joyfully repeated Iö! Iö Pean! / Elance the dart, Apollo: for the ſafety, / And health of man, gracious thy mother bore thee.a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “The Second Hymn of Callimachus to Apollo”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC...

Questions about elances

What is elances the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Elances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elance.

Words near elances in the dictionary

  1. Elamo-Dravidian
  2. elamping
  3. elan
  4. elance
  5. elanced
  6. elances
  7. elancing
  8. eland
  9. elands
  10. Elandsberg dwarf chameleon
  11. elanet

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