Definition of Trance

1. Noun. A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.


2. Verb. Attract; cause to be enamored. "The performance is likely to trance Sue"; "She captured all the men's hearts"

3. Noun. A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep.
Generic synonyms: Unconsciousness
Specialized synonyms: Hypnotic Trance, Ecstatic State, Religious Trance

Definition of Trance

1. n. A tedious journey.

2. v. t. To entrance.

3. v. i. To pass; to travel.

Definition of Trance

1. to put into a trance (a semiconscious state) [v TRANCED, TRANCING, TRANCES]

Medical Definition of Trance

1. 1. A tedious journey. 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. 3. 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) Origin: 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. (17 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trance

trampolinings
trampolinist
trampolinists
tramps
trampy
tramp down
tramp steamer
tramroad
tramroad
tramroads
trams
tramway
tramways
tram lines
trance (current term)
trance (current term)
tranced
trancelike
trances
trance coma
tranche
tranches
tranchet
tranchets
trancing
trancscendental
Trandate
tranect
tranects
tranexamic acid

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