(n.) 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.
(n.) Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give
entrance to friends.
(n.) The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
(n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the
beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult
entrance into business.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water
at the water line.
(n.) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below
the water line.
(v. t.) To put into a trance; to make insensible to present
objects.
(v. t.) To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or
wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
