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trancelike

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trance

1  [trans, trahns] ,noun, verb, tranced, tranc⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
2. a dazed or bewildered condition.
3. a state of complete mental absorption or deep musing.
4. an unconscious, cataleptic, or hypnotic condition.
5. Spiritualism. 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.
–verb (used with object)
6. to put in a trance; stupefy.
7. to entrance; enrapture.
Origin:
1300–50; ME traunce state of extreme dread, swoon, dazed state < MF transe lit., passage (from life to death), deriv. of transir to go across, pass over < L trānsīre, equiv. to trāns- trans- + īre to go

Related forms:
tranced⋅ly  [transt-lee, tran-sid-lee] , adverb
trancelike, adjective
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trance   (trāns)   
n.  

  1. A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.

  2. Detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming.

  3. A semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.

tr.v.   tranced, tranc·ing, tranc·es
To put into a trance; entrance.

[Middle English traunce, from Old French transe, passage, fear, vision, from transir, to die, be numb with fear, from Latin trānsīre, to go over or across; see transient.]
trance'like' adj.
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Main Entry: trance
Pronunciation: 'tran(t)s
Function: noun
1 : a state of partly suspended animation or inability to function
2 : a somnolent state (as of deep hypnosis) characterized by limited sensory and motor contact with one's surroundings and subsequent lack of recall —trance·like /-"lIk/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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trance (trāns)
n.
An altered state of consciousness as in hypnosis, catalepsy, or ecstasy.

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