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   trance

   /trɑːns/

   noun

   • 1. a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium: "she put him into a light trance"
   • ▪ a state of abstraction: "the kind of trance he went into whenever illness was discussed"
   • ▪ a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms and sounds: "in the Hades Warehouse there's the finest in trance and techno"

   verb

   • 1. put into a trance: literary "she's been tranced and may need waking"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally as a verb in the sense ‘be in a trance’): from Old French transir ‘depart, fall into trance’, from Latin transire ‘go across’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. trance-like adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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