entrancing








adjective

  1. delightful; enchanting.

verb (used with object), en·tranced, en·tranc·ing.

  1. to fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.
  2. to put into a trance: to be hypnotically entranced.

noun

  1. the act or an instance of entering; entry
  2. a place for entering, such as a door or gate
    1. the power, liberty, or right of entering; admission
    2. (as modifier)an entrance fee
  3. the coming of an actor or other performer onto a stage

verb (tr)

  1. to fill with wonder and delight; enchant
  2. to put into a trance; hypnotize
n.

1520s, “act of entering,” from Middle French entrance, from entrer (see enter). Sense of “door, gate” first recorded in English 1530s.

v.

“to throw into a trance,” 1590s, from en- (1) “put in” + trance (n.). Meaning “to delight” also is 1590s. Related: Entranced; entrancing.

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