haunce

haunce is the alternative form of hanse.

Meaning of hanse

hanse (plural hanses)

(historical) The guildhall of a Hanse.

Synonyms:

guildhall, hanse-house
(historical) A fee payable to the Hanse, particularly its entrance fee and the impost levied on non-members trading in its area.

Synonyms:

hansing, hansing-silver, hanse-penny, hanse-gild

hanse (plural hanses)

That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
- Now Workmen call each End of these Arches the Hanse, which Hanses are always the Arches of smaller Circles than the Scheme, which is the middle Part of these Arches, and consists of a Part of a larger Circle […]1736, Richard Neve, Neve's The city and country purchaser and builder's dictionary

haunce (third-person singular simple present haunces, present participle hauncing, simple past and past participle haunced)

(obsolete) To enhance.
- They haunce her cause with fals surquedriea. 1451, John Lydgate, The Complaint of the Black Knight

Noun
plural	haunces
Verb
third-person singular present	haunces
present participle	hauncing
past participle	haunced
past	haunced

What does haunce mean?: Haunce means to enhance.
What is haunce the alternative form of?: Haunce is the alternative form of hanse.
What part of speech is haunce?: Haunce is a verb.
What is the past tense of haunce?: The past tense of haunce is haunced.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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