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Webster 1828 Edition

Ance

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Noun.
Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing.

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Ance

Ance

See also: ance and -ance

Latvian

Proper noun

Ance f

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: Ance was the only given name of 879 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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See also: -ance and Ance

English

Adverb

ance

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Alternative spelling of once
    • a. 1805, Jane Elliot, “A Lament for Flodden”, in English Poets of the Eighteenth Century:
      The English, for ance, by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay.
    • 1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2:
      "If I were ance at Lunnon," said Jeanie, in exculpation, "I am amaist sure I could get means to speak to the queen about my sister's life."
    • 1873, Anthony Trollope, The Eustace Diamonds:
      Pownies ain't to be had for nowt in Ayrshire, as was ance, my leddie."

Anagrams

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1892. From Anna.

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