trance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).

   And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance.

2. 2
   verb

   To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.

   And there I left him tranced.

3. 3
   verb

   To create in or via a trance.

   The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […].

4. 4
   verb

   To pass across or over; to traverse.

   Trance the world o'er.

The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.

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