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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entrance \En"trance\, n. [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. ``Beware of entrance to a quarrel.'' --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.) a The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line --Ham. Nav. Encyc. b The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line --Totten. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entrance \En*trance"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr & vb n. {Entrancing}.] [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: entrance n 1: something that allows entry or exit "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: {entranceway}, {entryway}, {entry}, {entree}] 2: a movement into or inward [syn: {entering}] 3: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: {entering}, {entry}, {ingress}, {incoming}] v 1: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: {capture}, {enamour}, {trance}, {catch}, {becharm}, {enamor}, {captivate}, {beguile}, {charm}, {fascinate}, {bewitch}, {enchant}] 2: put into a trance [syn: {spellbind}]
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