noun

1A half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

she put him into a light trance

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Synonyms

daze, stupor, haze, hypnotic state, half-conscious state, dream, daydream, reverie, brown study, suspended animation

the kind of trance he went into whenever illness was discussed

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Synonyms

daze, stupor, haze, hypnotic state, half-conscious state, dream, daydream, reverie, brown study, suspended animation

in the Hades Warehouse there's the finest in trance and techno

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Put into a trance.

she's been tranced and may need waking

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Middle English (originally as a verb in the sense be in a trance): from Old French transir depart, fall into trance, from Latin transire go across.

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trance | Definition of trance in English by Oxford Dictionaries