elance

See also: élancé and élance

English

Etymology

From French élancer (Old French eslancier), from es- (Latin ex) + French lancer (“to dart, throw”), from lance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlæns/, /ɪˈlɑːns/

Verb

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

1. (transitive, archaic) To throw like a lance; to hurl.
   • a. 1722, 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, page 338:

     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.

Anagrams

• Celena, canelé, cleane, enlace