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Traditional English :: trance
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tranlation.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a a sleeplike or half-conscious state without response to stimuli. b a hypnotic or cataleptic state.
2 such a state as entered into by a medium.
3 a state of extreme exaltation or rapture; ecstasy. --v.trancelike adj. [ME f. OF transe f. transir depart, fall into trance f. L transire: see TRANSIT] |
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Traditional English :: tranche
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tranlation.html - n.
a portion, esp. of income, or of a block of shares. [F, = slice (as TRENCH)] |
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Traditional English :: tranny
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tranlation.html - n.
(pl. -ies) esp. Brit. colloq. a transistor radio. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: tranquil
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tranlation.html - adj. calm, serene, unruffled. tranquillity n. tranquilly adv. [F tranquille or L tranquillus] |
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Traditional English :: tranquillize
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tranlation.html - v.tr.
(US tranquilize, -ise) make tranquil, esp. by a drug etc. |
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Traditional English :: tranquillizer
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tranlation.html - n.
(US tranquilizer, -iser) a drug used to diminish anxiety. |
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