entranced
English
Adjective
entranced (comparative more entranced, superlative most entranced)
- 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.
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- 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.
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Synonyms
Translations
held at attention, as if by magic
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