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TRANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("trance" is a kind of...):
unconsciousness (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trance"):
hypnotic trance (a trance induced by the use of hypnosis; the person accepts the suggestions of the hypnotist)
ecstatic state; religious trance (a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
Synonyms:
enchantment; spell; trance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("trance" is a kind of...):
mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trance"):
possession (being controlled by passion or the supernatural)
captivation; fascination (the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror))
Derivation:
trance (attract; cause to be enamored)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attract; cause to be enamored
Example:
She captured all the men's hearts
Synonyms:
becharm; beguile; bewitch; captivate; capture; catch; charm; enamor; enamour; enchant; entrance; fascinate; trance
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "trance" is one way to...):
appeal; attract (be attractive to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trance"):
hold (hold the attention of)
work (gratify and charm, usually in order to influence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
trance (a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation)
Context examples:
But in the meantime, awaiting the publication of the books, he must do something more than live dazed and stupid in the sort of uncaring trance into which he had fallen.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Knowing of the increasing difficulty of procuring the hypnotic trance, Van Helsing began his passes earlier than usual.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
When she woke from the trance, she was cold, and exhausted, and languid; but her mind was all alert.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Early this morning we listened, with breathless anxiety, for her response in her trance.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Whilst she has been in the trance hitherto she has confined herself to the simplest of facts.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He added significantly:—"I did not like that lethargy of Madam Mina's. Souls and memories can do strange things during trance."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He replied: "We have the best proof of that: your own evidence, when in the hypnotic trance this morning."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She was bitten by the vampire when she was in a trance, sleep-walking—oh, you start; you do not know that, friend John, but you shall know it all later—and in trance could he best come to take more blood.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
In the trance of three days ago the Count sent her his spirit to read her mind; or more like he took her to see him in his earth-box in the ship with water rushing, just as it go free at rise and set of sun.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
My soul is freer than it has been since that awful hour; and all that haunts me is a fear lest in some trance or dream he may have used my knowledge for his ends.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
