† anhaunce, -anse, v. Obs.
[variant of enhance: see an- prefix 4.]
To raise up; exalt, extol.
| 1297 R. Glouc. 458 Þanne ȝe noblemen an hansyeþ ȝoure þoȝt. a 1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 48 Þe holi rode was ifounde..in may, And anhansed [Vernon MS. honoured] was in septembre. c 1450 Pol. Poems 239 Idylnesse and thefte..On the galwys they scholde anhaunse. c 1450 Lonelich Grail liii. 31 Forto anhawncen there goddis name. |