Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Hance Hance (hȧns), v. t. [See Enhance.] To raise; to elevate. [Obs.] Lydgate. Hance (hăns), Hanch (hănch), n. [See Hanse.] 1. (Arch.) See Hanse. 2. (Naut.) A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway. ‹ Hanaper Hand ›