Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition of apparent death, the action of the heart and lungs, the temperature, and other signs of life being so reduced as to produce the semblance of death.
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Examples
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Engelbrecht, who, after a life of asceticism, and a week of nearly total abstinence, fell into a death-trance.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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He came out of his death-trance to denounce you, by Jove!
The Green Rust Edgar Wallace 1903
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During two years or more the death-trance continued.
Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872
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During two years or more the death-trance continued.
Following the Equator, Part 2 Mark Twain 1872
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The two turrets that flanked it had two plates of light on their summits, and no noise disturbed the silence of this clear, sad night, sweet and still, which seemed in a death-trance.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. Guy de Maupassant 1871
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Their torture was that of the re-animation of her frame from the death-trance.
Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Without their aid, and the fire of a fresh life being kindled in their bosoms, no country that has lain like ours in the death-trance can revive.
Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Their torture was that of the re-animation of her frame from the death-trance.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Their torture was that of the re-animation of her frame from the death-trance.
Vittoria — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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Without their aid, and the fire of a fresh life being kindled in their bosoms, no country that has lain like ours in the death-trance can revive.
Vittoria — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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