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trance ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trns)
n.
A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.
Detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming.
A semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.
tr.v. tranced, tranc·ing, tranc·es
To put into a trance; entrance.
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[Middle English traunce, from Old French transe, passage, fear, vision, from transir, to die, be numb with fear, from Latin trnsre, to go over or across. See transient.]
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trancelike adj.
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Trance
\Trance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tranced; p. pr. & vb. n. Trancing.] 1. To entrance.
And three I left him tranced. --Shak.
2. To pass over or across; to traverse. [Poetic]
Trance the world over. --Beau. & Fl.
When thickest dark did trance the sky. --Tennyson.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Trance
\Trance\, v. i. To pass; to travel. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Trance
\Trance\, n. [F. transe fright, in OF. also, trance or swoon, fr. transir to chill, benumb, to be chilled, to shiver, OF. also, to die, L. transire to pass over, go over, pass away, cease; trans across, over + ire to go; cf. L. transitus a passing over. See Issue, and cf. Transit.] 1. A tedious journey. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another state of being, or to be rapt into visions; an ecstasy.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. --Acts. x. 10.
My soul was ravished quite as in a trance. --Spenser.
3. (Med.) A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a total suspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of all evidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of all the vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparently unconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heart and the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogether imperceptible.
He fell down in a trance. --Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Trance
n 1: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell] 2: a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep v : attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]
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