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praunce

vb. (archaic form of prance English)

Usage examples of "praunce".

Duar had become an outpost of the growing nation of Praunce when he was fifteen, and he had run away from home as the result of an argument with his father about whether the new government was a good thing.

Slant rather as if Praunce, with its empire building, was putting an end to the era of city-states on this planet, much as Rome had on Old Earth three thousand years earlier.

If that was the case, the city of Praunce itself would probably be a major center economically as well as politically, and would attract people from all over the continent.

He said nothing further on the subject, but asked more questions about Praunce instead.

He relished it for a moment, then reminded himself that he still had a long way to travel, even if he was only going to Praunce instead of Teyzha, and that there was no sense in wasting the few remaining hours of daylight.

Thurrel had spoken of freaks, monsters, and stillbirths as commonplace in Praunce, which had been built on ruins.

His best estimate was that they would reach Praunce the following day.

It is because of that and the great wall that no enemy has ever successfully attacked Praunce, and it has helped us to become the center of the trade in grams.

The jutting crag that protected Praunce was an integral part of the wall, not, as he had previously guessed, a loose chunk, that had become attached.

Perhaps he could convince someone here in Praunce to take charge of her.

Council of the Wizards of Praunce will meet tomorrow morning, and Arzadel will be occupied for the remainder of the night in preparations for that meeting.

If the computer found out why he had actually come to Praunce, it would almost certainly kill him.

He realized for the first time that if he was still in Praunce when the ship began its attack he would be killed along with the hundreds of thousands of innocent natives.

He had traveled for seven days to reach Praunce from the ship, and though he had been moving at a leisurely pace, he doubted he could get back to the vessel in less than three days.

When he had first settled in Praunce, eleven years earlier, he had worried that the damaged metal structure might not be sound, that his cozy new home might someday fall, brought down by high winds or ground tremors, killing him in its collapse.