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entrance1 definition

en·trance (en′trəns)

noun

  1. the act or point of entering to make an entrance
  2. a place for entering; door, gate, etc.
  3. permission, right, or power to enter; admission

Etymology: ME entraunce < OFr entrant, prp. of entrer: see enter

entrance2 definition

en·trance (en trans′, -träns′; in-)

transitive verb entranced -·tranced′, entrancing -·tranc′·ing

  1. to put into a trance
  2. to fill with rapture or delight; enchant; charm; enrapture

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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