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Entranse

ENTR`ANSE, v.t. or i. [L. transeo.] 1. To put in a transe; to withdraw the soul, and leave the body in a kind of dead sleep or insensibility; to make insensible to present objects. The verb is seldom used, but...

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ENTR`ANSE, v.t. or i. [L. transeo.]

1. To put in a transe; to withdraw the soul, and leave the body in a kind of dead sleep or insensibility; to make insensible to present objects. The verb is seldom used, but the participle, entransed, is common.

2. To put in an ecstasy; to ravish the soul with delight or wonder.

And I so ravish'd with her heavenly note,

I stood entransed, and had no room for thought.

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