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Definition of Entrance

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

Meaning of Entrance from wikipedia

- Entrance generally refers to the place of entering like a gate or door, or the permission to do so. Entrance may also refer to: Entrance (album), a 1970...
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- The Entrance Band (formerly called Entrance) is a band started by Guy Blakeslee (born April 29, 1981). Their style of music has been described as psychedelic...
- In an optical system, the entrance pupil is the optical image of the physical aperture stop, as 'seen' through the front of the lens system. The corresponding...
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- The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), commonly known as Gaokao (高考; gāokǎo; 'High[er Education] Exam'), is an academic examination held annually...
- Entrance is the first studio album by Johnny Winter's brother Edgar Winter. All songs written by Edgar and Johnny Winter except where noted. "Entrance"...
- not-for-profit organization that was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand access to higher education. While the...
- Civil service examinations (also public tendering) are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service...
- Employees' Entrance is a 1933 pre-Code film about the devious manager of a New York department store (Warren William) and his romantic involvement with...
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