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Definition trance

Etymology 1

From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin tr?nse? (“to cross over”).

Noun

trance (countable and uncountable, plural trances)

  1. (countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.
  2. (countable) A state of awareness, concentration, and/or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
  3. (countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
  4. (uncountable, music) Short for trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
Verb

trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.

Etymology 2

The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses), possibly either:

The noun is probably derived from the verb.

Verb

trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced) (obsolete except Britain, dialectal)

  1. (intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
  2. (intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
  3. (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
Noun

trance (plural trances)

  1. (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) A tedious journey.

Results 352 Words with the letters TRANCE

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9 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
8 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
7 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
6 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
CANTER 10
CARNET 10
CENTRA 10
NECTAR 10
RECANT 10
TANREC 10
TRANCE 10
5 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
4 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
ACNE 8
ACRE 7
ANTE 5
CANE 8
CANT 8
CARE 7
CARN 8
CART 7
CATE 7
CENT 8
EARN 5
ETNA 5
NARC 8
NEAR 5
NEAT 5
RACE 7
RANT 5
RATE 4
RENT 5
TACE 7
TARE 4
TARN 5
TEAR 4
TERN 5
3 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
ACE 6
ACT 6
ANE 4
ANT 4
ARC 6
ARE 3
ART 3
ATE 3
CAN 7
CAR 6
CAT 6
EAR 3
EAT 3
ERA 3
ERN 4
ETA 3
NAE 4
NET 4
RAN 4
RAT 3
REC 6
RET 3
TAE 3
TAN 4
TAR 3
TEA 3
TEN 4
2 letter words with the letters TRANCE 
AE 2
AN 3
AR 2
AT 2
EN 3
ER 2
ET 2
NA 3
NE 3
RE 2
TA 2

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