entrance
n.
point of entry, way into a building or other structure, gate, doorway
v.
hypnotize, place in a trance, enthrall
Entrance
entrance
Noun
1. something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
(synonym) entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
(hypernym) access, approach
(hyponym) arch, archway
2. a movement into or inward
(synonym) entering
(hypernym) change of location, travel
(hyponym) invasion, encroachment, intrusion
(derivation) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
3. the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
(synonym) entering, entry, ingress, incoming
(hypernym) arrival
(hyponym) incursion
(derivation) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Verb
1. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
(synonym) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, enchant
(hypernym) attract, appeal
(hyponym) hold
(derivation) entrancement, ravishment
2. put into a trance
(synonym) spellbind
(hypernym) hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise
(derivation) entrancement, ravishment
entrançar
v.
mat, twist; braid, plait, plat; queue; splice
Entrance
(v. t.)
To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
(v. t.)
To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.
(n.)
The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
(n.)
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
(n.)
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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