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lanceth

lanceth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lance.

Meaning of lance

Verb

lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced)

  1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
    • Seiz'd the due Victim, and with Fury lanch'd Her Back1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 268
  2. To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce.
    • to lance a vein or an abscess
  3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
  4. (informal) To steal or swipe.
    • He lanced my drink and spiked it!
  5. To move suddenly and quickly.

See all 17 meanings of lance

Origin of lanceth

From lance + -eth.

Questions about lanceth

What is lanceth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lanceth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lance.

Words near lanceth in the dictionary

  1. lancet-fish
  2. lancet-fishes
  3. lanceted
  4. lancetfish
  5. lancetfishes
  6. lanceth
  7. lanceting
  8. lancets
  9. lancewood
  10. lancewoods
  11. lancework

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