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Definition: ELANCING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb elance.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(elance)
1. To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: elancing, elanced, elances, elancer, elancers, elancingly and elancedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Elancing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ELANCING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb elance.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(elance)
1. To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: elancing, elanced, elances, elancer, elancers, elancingly and elancedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "ELANCING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Specialty Definition: elance

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] To throw or shoot; to hurl; to dart. While thy unerring hand elanced--a dart. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

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