trance
noun
- a state of altered consciousness, somewhat resembling sleep, during which voluntary movement is lost, as in hypnosis
- a stunned condition; daze; stupor
- a condition of great mental concentration or abstraction, esp. one induced by religious fervor or mysticism
- in spiritualistic belief, a condition in which a medium passes under the control of some external force, as for the transmission of communications from the dead during a séance
transitive verb tranced, trancing
See trance in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(trăns)
noun- A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.
- Detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming.
- A semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.
transitive verb tranced tranced,
tranc·ing,
tranc·es To put into a trance; entrance.
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