hance

See also: Hance

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːns/

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• Rhymes: -æns

Etymology 1

See enhance.

Verb

hance (third-person singular simple present hances, present participle hancing, simple past and past participle hanced)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To raise, to elevate.

Etymology 2

Anglo-Norman, from Old French haulce.

Alternative forms

• hanch, haunch

Noun

hance (plural hances)

1. A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     He wears a minimal white cotton brief, and is pleased by the hance of its pouch, a catenary dip as he faces the mirror, the profile navicular and ostent.

2. The arc of smaller radius at the springing of an elliptical or many-centred arch.

Anagrams

• Chena

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhan.ke/, [ˈhäŋkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.t͡ʃe/, [ˈän̠ʲt͡ʃe]

Adjective

hance

1. accusative feminine singular of hice

Pronoun

hance

1. accusative feminine singular of hice