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trance

1. trance \'tran(t)s\ n [ME, fr. MF transe, fr. transir to pass away, 
   swoon, fr. L trans]ire to pass, pass away - more at TRANSIENT 1: a state of 
   partly suspended animation or inability to function : ST UPOR 2: a 
   somnolent state (as of deep hypnosis)  3: a state of profound abstraction 
   or absorption : ECSTASY 
2. trance vt : ENTRANCE, ENRAPTURE 
3. trance n [perh. by shortening & alter. fr. transit] chiefly Scot  : 
   PASSAGE, PASSAGEWAY