entranced

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English

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Etymology

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From entrance +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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entranced (comparative more entranced, superlative most entranced)

  1. Placed in a trance.
    • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, [], by Biggs and Cottle, [], →OCLC:
      There sate a Spirit in the vault,
      In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life,
      And by him couch’d, as if intranced,
      The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.
  2. Held at attention, as if by magic.
    • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:
      The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

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Verb

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entranced

  1. simple past and past participle of entrance