[trance] n [ME, fr. MF transe, fr. transir to pass away, swoon, fr. L transire to pass, pass away--more at transient] (14c) 1: a state of partly suspended animation or inability to function
2: a somnolent state (as of deep hypnosis)
3: a state of profound abstraction or absorption -- trance.like adj
[2]trance vt tranced ; tranc.ing (ca. 1598): entrance, enrapture