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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.
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Trancing
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English traunce state of extreme dread, swoon, dazed state < Middle French transe literally, passage (from life to death), derivative of transir to go across, pass over < Latin trānsīre, equivalent to trāns- trans- + īre to go
1300–50; Middle English traunce state of extreme dread, swoon, dazed state < Middle French transe literally, passage (from life to death), derivative of transir to go across, pass over < Latin trānsīre, equivalent to trāns- trans- + īre to go
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trance·like, adjective
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noun
1.
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
verb (used without object)
2.
to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
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Word Origin & History
trance
late 14c., "state of extreme dread or suspense," also "a dazed, half-conscious or insensible condition," from O.Fr. transe "fear of coming evil," originally "passage from life to death" (12c.), from transir "be numb with fear," originally "die, pass on," from L. transire "cross over" (see
EXPAND transient). Fr. trance in its modern sense has been reborrowed from English.
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trance (trāns)
n.
An altered state of consciousness as in hypnosis, catalepsy, or ecstasy.
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