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stanced

stanced is the simple past and past participle of stance.

Meaning of stance

Verb

stance (third-person singular simple present stances, present participle stancing, simple past and past participle stanced)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To place, to position, to station; (specifically) to put (cattle) into an enclosure or pen in preparation for sale.
    • Rob Roy ſtood watch / On a hill for to catch / The booty for ought that I ſa', man, / For he ne'er advanced, / From the place he was ſtanc'd, / 'Till no more to do there at a' man, […]1776, “Sheriff-Muir”, in [David Herd], editor, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc. […] In Two Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed by John Wotherspoon, for James...

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Questions about stanced

What is stanced the simple past and past participle of?
Stanced is the simple past and past participle of stance.

Words near stanced in the dictionary

  1. Stanbridge
  2. Stanbury
  3. Stanburys
  4. stance
  5. stance up
  6. stanced
  7. Stancel
  8. stanceless
  9. stancelessness
  10. stances
  11. stanch

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