elance/ɪˈlæns/EtymologyFrom French élancer (Old French eslancier), from es- (Latin ex) + French lancer (“to dart, throw”), from lance.elance means to throw like a lance; to hurl. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.elance is pronounced /ɪˈlæns/.verbTo throw like a lance; to hurl.“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.”