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trɑːns/
n.
- a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.
- a state of abstraction.
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(also trance music)
a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms.
v.
literary put into a trance.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. transir ‘depart, fall into a trance’, from L. transire ‘go across’.