UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtrɑːns/, /ˈtræns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/træns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(trans, träns)
a state of altered consciousness between sleeping and waking, in which a person does not function freely or normally, esp. a state produced by hypnosis:The music was so powerful that it put him into something like a trance.
a dazed or bewildered condition:He's walking around in a trance and doesn't know what he's doing.
trance1(trans, träns),USA pronunciationn., 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.
[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.
v.t.
to put in a trance; stupefy.
to entrance; enrapture.
Latin trānsīre, equivalent. to trāns-trans- + īre to go
Middle French transe literally, passage (from life to death), derivative of transir to go across, pass over
Middle English traunce state of extreme dread, swoon, dazed state 1300–50
any mental state in which a person is unaware or apparently unaware of the environment, characterized by loss of voluntary movement, rigidity, and lack of sensitivity to external stimuli
a dazed or stunned state
a state of ecstasy or mystic absorption so intense as to cause a temporary loss of consciousness at the earthly level
a state in which a medium, having temporarily lost consciousness, can supposedly be controlled by an intelligence from without as a means of communication with the dead
vb
(transitive) to put into or as into a trance
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French transe, from transir to faint, pass away, from Latin trānsīre to go over, from trans- + īre to goˈtranceˌlikeadj
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