| Entrance | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering. [ 1913 Webster ] Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. Judg. i. 24. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Entrance | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm. [ 1913 Webster ] And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
I stood entranced, and had no room for thought. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
