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verb/ɪnˈtrɑːns/
/ɪnˈtræns/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they entrance | /ɪnˈtrɑːns/ /ɪnˈtræns/ |
| he / she / it entrances | /ɪnˈtrɑːnsɪz/ /ɪnˈtrænsɪz/ |
| past simple entranced | /ɪnˈtrɑːnst/ /ɪnˈtrænst/ |
| past participle entranced | /ɪnˈtrɑːnst/ /ɪnˈtrænst/ |
| -ing form entrancing | /ɪnˈtrɑːnsɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtrænsɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody admire and like somebody/something very much, so they give them/it all their attention synonym enthral
- be entranced (by something) I was entranced by the bird’s beauty.
- He listened to her, entranced.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (formerly also as intrance): from en-, in- ‘into’ + trance.
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