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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Entrance  \En*trance"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Entranced};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Entrancing}.]  [Pref.  en-  +  trance.] 
  1.  To  put  into  a  trance;  to  make  insensible  to  present 
  objects. 
 
  Him  still  entranced  and  in  a  litter  laid,  They  bore 
  from  field  and  to  the  bed  conveyed.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  put  into  an  ecstasy;  to  ravish  with  delight  or  wonder; 
  to  enrapture;  to  charm. 
 
  And  I  so  ravished  with  her  heavenly  note,  I  stood 
  entranced,  and  had  no  room  for  thought.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  entrancing 
  adj  :  capturing  interest  as  if  by  a  spell;  "bewitching  smile"; 
  "Roosevelt  was  a  captivating  speaker";  "enchanting 
  music";  "an  enthralling  book";  "antique  papers  of 
  entrancing  design";  "a  fascinating  woman"  [syn:  {bewitching}, 
  {captivating},  {enchanting},  {enthralling},  {fascinating}] 

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