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Webster 1913 Edition

Entrance

En′trance

,
Noun.
[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.

En-trance′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Entrance

EN'TRANCE

,
Noun.
[L. intrans, intro.]
1.
The act of entering into a place; as the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment.
2.
The power of entering. Let the porter give no entrance to strangers.
Where diligence opens the door of the understanding, and impartiality keeps it, truth is sure to find an entrance and a welcome too.
3.
The door, gate, passage or avenue, by which a place may be entered.
They said, show us the entrance into the city. Judges 1.
4.
Commencement; initiation; beginning. A youth at his entrance on a difficult science, is apt to be discouraged.
5.
The act of taking possession, as of land; as the entrance of an heir or a disseizor into lands and tenements.
6.
The act of taking possession, as of an office. Magistrates at their entrance into office, usually take an oath.
7.
The act of entering a ship or goods at the custom-house.
8.
The beginning of any thing.
St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.

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