elance
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ɪˈlæns/
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/ɪˈlæns/ · /ɪˈlɑːns/
Definition of elance
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, transitive)To throw like a lance; to hurl.
“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.”
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Etymology
From French élancer (Old French eslancier), from es- (Latin ex) + French lancer (“to dart, throw”), from lance.
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