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Definition of Entrance
En`trance´ | n. | 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. | | 3. | The passage, door, or gate, for entering. | | 4. | The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business. | | 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.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. | | v. t. | 1. | To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. | | 2. | To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm. |
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