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) 2.0 [wn]:
entrance
n 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" [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}]