† exˈhance, v. Obs.
Also 5–7 -ha(u)nse, 6 exhaunce.
[alteration of enhance, after words beginning with ex-.]
= enhance 2 b, 4, 5.
| a 1450 Knt. de la Tour lxix. (1868) 91 The iugementis of God are merueilous, for..he exhaunsithe the meke, that besechithe his grace and mercy. c 1590 Secret Mem. Earl Leicester (1706) 73 He that may..return the same [lands]..into Her Majesties Hands by a fresh Exchange, Rent for Rent, for other Lands never exhaunced before. 1656 Sanderson Serm. (1689) 427 Exhaunsing of Fees, trucking for Expedition, racking of Rents. 1667 Waterhouse Fire Lond. 104 The..pretended Labourers..exhansed the rates of their own portadge. |