v. Obs. [variant of ENHANCE: see AN- pref. 4.] To raise up; exalt, extol.

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1297.  R. Glouc., 458. Þanne ȝe noblemen an hansyeþ ȝoure þoȝt.

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a. 1300.  Leg. Rood (1871), 48. Þe holi rode was ifounde … in may, And anhansed [Vernon MS. honoured] was in septembre.

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c. 1450.  Pol. Poems, 239. Idylnesse and thefte … On the galwys they scholde anhaunse.

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c. 1450.  Lonelich, Grail, liii. 31. Forto anhawncen there goddis name.

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