elance

verb /ɪˈlæns/

1. To throw like a lance; to hurl.

   archaic, transitive

   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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry elance (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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