entrancing

entrancing is the present participle and gerund of entrance.

Adjective

entrancing (comparative more entrancing, superlative most entrancing)

Causing a trance-like state; hypnotic.
Causing ecstasy or rapture; enrapturing; charming.
- But, behind and above them all, hovered the shape of that awful woman, and through them gleamed the memory of her entrancing loveliness.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

entrance (third-person singular simple present entrances, present participle entrancing, simple past and past participle entranced)

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
- The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
(transitive) To put into a trance.

entrancing (plural entrancings)

The process by which somebody is entranced.
- […] as baby kisses here, that are almost meaningless plays, come to an age of adolescence and to romantic entrancings.1859, Hugh Smith Carpenter, Here and Beyond: Or, The New Man, the True Man, page 318

What does entrancing mean?: Entrancing means causing a trance-like state; hypnotic.
What is entrancing the present participle and gerund of?: Entrancing is the present participle and gerund of entrance.
What part of speech is entrancing?: Entrancing can be an adjective or a noun.

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