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elancing

elancing is the present participle and gerund 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 elancing

What is elancing the present participle and gerund of?
Elancing is the present participle and gerund of elance.

Words near elancing in the dictionary

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

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