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entrance
A	noun
	1	entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
				the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚arrival ╚entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming ╚admission; admittance ╚penetration ╚registration; enrollment; enrolment ╚entree ╚irruption ╚intrusion ╚incursion
	2	entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
				something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚way ╚access; approach ╚entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree ╚vomitory ╚stage door ╚service door; service entrance; servant's entrance ╚porte-cochere ╚portal ╚pithead ╚hatchway; opening; scuttle ╚gateway ╚doorway; door; room access; threshold ╚arch; archway
	3	entrance, entering
				a movement into or inward
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚movement; motion ╚change of location; travel ╚entrance, entering ╚invasion; encroachment; intrusion
B	verb
	1	entrance, spellbind
				put into a trance
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚affect ╚sedate; calm; tranquilize; tranquillize; tranquillise ╚hypnotize; hypnotise; mesmerize; mesmerise ╚entrance, spellbind
	2	capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
				attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
		Category Tree: attract; appeal ╚capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

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