hance

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑːns/ Rhymes: -æns === Etymology 1 === See enhance. ==== Verb ==== hance (third-person singular simple present hances, present participle hancing, simple past and past participle hanced) (transitive, obsolete) To raise, to elevate. === Etymology 2 === Anglo-Norman, from Old French haulce. ==== Alternative forms ==== hanch, haunch ==== Noun ==== hance (plural hances) A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship. The arc of smaller radius at the springing of an elliptical or many-centred arch. === Anagrams === Chena == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhaŋ.kɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan̠ʲ.t͡ʃe] === Adjective === hance accusative feminine singular of hice === Pronoun === hance accusative feminine singular of hice