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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tranc(e, Trans(e, v.1 [Trance n. 1.] intr. ? To enter into a stunned, dazed, abstracted or rapturous state of mind. —1590 Burel Pilgr. ii 405.
Perplexit and vexit Betwixt houp and dispair Quhyls transing, quhyls pansing. How till eschew the snair 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 5.
I trancing flye, I fall, I houering scale
