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entranced

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en·trance 1  (ntrns)
n.
1. The act or an instance of entering.
2. A means or point by which to enter.
3. Permission or power to enter; admission: gained entrance to medical school.
4. The point, as in a musical score, at which a performer begins.
5. The first entry of an actor into a scene.
6. Nautical The immersed part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body.

[Middle English entraunce, right to enter, from Old French, from entrer, to enter; see enter.]

en·trance 2  (n-trns)
tr.v. en·tranced, en·tranc·ing, en·tranc·es
1. To put into a trance.
2. To fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment: a child who was entranced by a fairy tale. See Synonyms at charm, enrapture.

en·trancement n.
en·trancing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.entranced - filled with wonder and delight
enchanted - influenced as by charms or incantations
Translations
entranced [ɪnˈtrɑːnst] adjfasciné(e)
For three hours we sat entranced → Nous sommes restés assis pendant trois heures, fascinés.
I became entranced with the idea → Cette idée a commencé à m'obséder.
see also entrance
entrance examination entrance exam nexamen m d'entrée, examen m d'admission
entrance fee n (to club)droit m d'inscription; (to museum)droit m d'entrée
entrance hall n [house, hotel] → hall m d'entrée
entrance ramp n (US) (to motorway)bretelle f d'accès
entrance requirements npl (for university)conditions fpl d'admission


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These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven.
Julia fairly gasped for breath as she read this epistle: her very soul was entranced by the song.
I cannot repeat half the exclamations of delight which escaped the fair Eudosia, when I first burst on her entranced eye.
 
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