[ trα:ns ]
■ noun
1》 a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.
2》 a state of abstraction.
3》 (also ~ music ) a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms.
■ verb literary put into a ~.
Derivatives
~-like adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. transir 'depart, fall into a ~', from L. transire 'go across'.