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tranced

tranced adjective: held as if in a trance; captivated.

Adjective

tranced (comparative more tranced, superlative most tranced)

  1. Held as if in a trance; captivated.
    • For an instant, the tranced boat's crew stood still.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 135, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of tranced

comparativemore tranced
superlativemost tranced

Origin of tranced

From trance + -ed.

Words formed from tranced

Phrases with tranced

Questions about tranced

What does tranced mean?
Tranced means held as if in a trance; captivated.
What part of speech is tranced?
Tranced is an adjective.

Words near tranced in the dictionary

  1. trance music
  2. trance out
  3. trance-like
  4. tranceable
  5. trancecore
  6. tranced
  7. tranced out
  8. trancedly
  9. tranceful
  10. trancelike
  11. trancer

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