entrancen.[OF. entrance, fr. OF. & F. entrant, p. pr. of entrer to enter. See Enter.]1. The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.()2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.(Shak.)3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering.()Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. (Judg. i. 24.)4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.(Shak.)St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. (Hakewill.)5. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.()6. (Naut.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.(Totten.)v. t.[Pref. en- + trance.]1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.()Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. (Dryden.)2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.()And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
I stood entranced, and had no room for thought. (Dryden.)