entranced

From entrance + -ed.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtɹænst/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnst

entranced (comparative more entranced, superlative most entranced)

1. Placed in a trance.
   • 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:

     There sate a Spirit in the vault,
     In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life,
     And by him couch’d, as if intranced,
     The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.

2. Held at attention, as if by magic.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 37:

     The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

• bedazzled, bewitched, fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, spellbound

entranced

1. simple past and past participle of entrance