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