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1637 H. Sydenham Serm. Solemne Occasions ii. 106 The Soule..when it is full of Contemplations and heavenly Entrancements, the Body is commonly empty of her carnall repletions.

1652 tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. 84 His spirits a little recovered from that entrancement.

1680 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of Muse v. 5 As we did in our Entrancements lie.

1723 Rape of Bride ii. 23 The Elder..With more Entrancements can improve Each Pleasure, longer vers'd in Love.

1773 H. Mackenzie Man of World I. i. xxii. 232 She received it with an entrancement of sorrow.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Keepsake in Sibylline Leaves 147 The entrancement of that maiden kiss.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. xvi. 379 The feelings of delicious entrancement with which I approached the outskirts of Dartmoor.

1932 Prairie Schooner 6 40 It was the old woman next door who broke into our entrancement, limping heavily towards us across the lawn.

1985 Asian Theatre Jrnl. 2 35 The use of a jimat (a magically charged object) facilitates the entrancement of the performers.

2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 13 May 28/2 Now we're at one of those pivot moments, when one fascination pales and the next object of our entrancement and contempt hasn't come into view.