Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 \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.

Source : WordNet®

entrance
     n 1: something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited
          at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just
          outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: {entranceway},
           {entryway}, {entry}, {entree}]
     2: a movement into or inward [syn: {entering}]
     3: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: {entering},
         {entry}, {ingress}, {incoming}]
     v 1: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's
          hearts" [syn: {capture}, {enamour}, {trance}, {catch}, {becharm},
           {enamor}, {captivate}, {beguile}, {charm}, {fascinate},
           {bewitch}, {enchant}]
     2: put into a trance [syn: {spellbind}]