trance
Pronunciation: (trans, träns), [key]
— n., v., tranced, tranc•ing.
—n.
- a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- a dazed or bewildered condition.
- a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing.
- an unconscious, cataleptic, or hypnotic condition.
- a temporary state in which a medium, with suspension of personal consciousness, is controlled by an intelligence from without and used as a means of communication, as from the dead.
—v.t.
- to put in a trance; stupefy.
- to entrance; enrapture.
trance
Pronunciation: (träns), [key]
— n., v., tranced, tranc•ing.
—n.
- a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
—v.i.
- to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
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