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Trance

noun

A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation. Synonyms: enchantment, spell.

A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep.

verb

(past & past part. tranced; pres. part. trancing)

Attract; cause to be enamored. Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate.

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"Trance" Quotes from Famous Books

... before had seen a girl on the verge of hysteria, swore deep and long under his breath, staring as if in a trance. He came to himself only when the water overflowed the manhole, and he let go of the spout with a carelessness that earned him a wetting as it lifted, dripping, back ...

— Every Man for Himself • Hopkins Moorhouse

... to these simpler religious phenomena, we find in Japan, as in other lands, the practice of ecstatic union with the deity. In Shinto it is called "Kami-oroshi," the bringing down of the gods. It is doubtless some form of hypnotic trance, yet the popular interpretation of the phenomenon ...

— Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic • Sidney L. Gulick

... chair, and the Pope's trance passes away. He opens his eyes, and braces himself for the last effort. Whiter than the gorgeous cope which falls about him, he raises himself, clinging to the chair; he lifts the skeleton fingers of his partially gloved hand; ...

— Eleanor • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... been published without this, and it is quite possible that Hawthorne's son preferred not to insert it. No notice is taken of the many fine passages in the book, like the apostrophe upon Hawthorne's marriage, [Footnote: J. Hawthorne, i. 242,] and that excellent description of the performances of a trance medium at Florence, but continues in an ascending climax of fault-finding until he (or she) reaches the passage from Hawthorne's Roman diary concerning Margaret Fuller. [Footnote: ...

— The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne • Frank Preston Stearns

... The awkward pause following the recitation was suddenly broken by a loud and uncontrollable laugh. Doris, startled, turned to look at young Dunstable. For it was he who had laughed. Madame also shook off her stage trance to look—a thunderous frown upon her handsome face. The young man laughed on—laughed hysterically—burying his face in his hands. Madame Vavasour—all attitudes thrown aside—ran up ...

— A Great Success • Mrs Humphry Ward

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