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trance

/tɹæns/ noun C1
  1. A dazed or unconscious condition. (countable)
  2. A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). (countable)
  3. A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. (countable)

Plural trances

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The colonel still stared at my friend like a man in a trance.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · C1

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