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entranced

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/ / /ɛnˈtɹænst/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English entrance English -ed English entranced From entrance + -ed.

  1. Placed in a trance.

    “There sate a Spirit in the vault, In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life, And by him couch’d, as if intranced, The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.”

  2. Held at attention, as if by magic.

    “The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English entrance English -ed English entranced From entrance + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of entrance