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transe

  [trahns] ,
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–noun, verb (used without object), transed, trans⋅ing. Scot.
trance 2 .

trance

2  [trahns] ,noun, verb, tranced, tranc⋅ing. Scot.
–noun
1. a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
Also, transe.

Origin:
1325–75; ME (v.); orig. uncert.
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Word Origin & History

trance 
c.1374, "state of extreme dread or suspense," later "a dazed, half-conscious or insensible condition" (c.1386), 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 transient). Fr. trance in its modern sense has been reborrowed from Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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