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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trance  \Trance\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tranced};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trancing}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trance  \Trance\,  v.  i. 
  To  pass;  to  travel.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trance  \Trance\,  n.  [F.  transe  fright,  in  OF  also  trance  or 
  swoon,  fr  transir  to  chill,  benumb,  to  be  chilled,  to 
  shiver,  OF  also  to  die,  L.  transire  to  pass  over  go  over 
  pass  away  cease;  trans  across  over  +  ire  to  go  cf  L. 
  transitus  a  passing  over  See  {Issue},  and  cf  {Transit}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trance 
  n  1:  a  psychological  state  induced  by  (or  as  if  induced  by)  a 
  magical  incantation  [syn:  {enchantment},  {spell}] 
  2:  a  state  of  mind  in  which  consciousness  is  fragile  and 
  voluntary  action  is  poor  or  missing;  a  state  resembling 
  deep  sleep 
  v  :  attract;  cause  to  be  enamored;  "She  captured  all  the  men's 
  hearts"  [syn:  {capture},  {enamour},  {catch},  {becharm},  {enamor}, 
  {captivate},  {beguile},  {charm},  {fascinate},  {bewitch}, 
  {entrance},  {enchant}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Trance 
  (Gr.  ekstasis  from  which  the  word  ecstasy"  is  derived)  denotes 
  the  state  of  one  who  is  "out  of  himself."  Such  were  the  trances 
  of  Peter  and  Paul,  Acts  10:10;  11:5;  22:17,  ecstasies,  "a 
  preternatural,  absorbed  state  of  mind  preparing  for  the 
  reception  of  the  vision",  (comp.  2  Cor.  12:1-4).  In  Mark  5:42 
  and  Luke  5:26  the  Greek  word  is  rendered  "astonishment," 
  amazement"  (comp.  Mark  16:8;  Acts  3:10).




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