Thesaurus: trance

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1. n. A tedious journey.
2. n. 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. n. 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.
4. v. t. To entrance.
5. v. t. To pass over or across; to traverse.
6. v. i. To pass; to travel.
7. n. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
8. n. a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
9. n. A genre of electronic dance music with a fast tempo, repetitive phrasing, and often a hypnotic effect.
10. v. attract; cause to be enamored
11. 1. A tedious journey. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 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. And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. Acts. x. 10. My soul was ravished quite as in a trance. Spenser. 3. (Med.) 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. 1. To entrance. And three I left him tranced. Shak. 2. To pass over or across; to traverse. [Poetic] Trance the world over. Beau. & Fl. When thickest dark did trance the sky. Tennyson. To pass; to travel. [Obs.]
12. A condition, often simulating death, in which there is a totalsuspension of the power of voluntary movement, with abolition of allevidences of mental activity and the reduction to a minimum of allthe vital functions so that the patient lies still and apparentlyunconscious of surrounding objects, while the pulsation of the heartand the breathing, although still present, are almost or altogetherimperceptible.He fell down in a trance. Chaucer.