trance
noun
[ trɑːns ]
• a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.
• "she put him into a light trance"
Similar:
daze,
stupor,
haze,
hypnotic state,
half-conscious state,
dream,
daydream,
reverie,
brown study,
suspended animation,
dwam,
trance
verb
• put into a trance.
• "she's been tranced and may need waking"
Origin:
Middle English (originally as a verb in the sense ‘be in a trance’): from Old French transir ‘depart, fall into trance’, from Latin transire ‘go across’.
