trance

Meanings

Noun

• A dazed or unconscious condition.
• A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
• A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
• A tedious journey.

Verb

• To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
• To create in or via a trance.
• To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
• To pass across or over; to traverse.
• To travel quickly over a long distance.

Origin

• From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe, from transir, from Latin trānseō.
• The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.