Disentrance

/ˌdɪsɪnˈtræns/ verb

Definition

To break the spell of; to awaken from a trance or enchanted state.

Etymology

From dis- + entrance (meaning both 'doorway' and 'to put in a trance'). Uses entrance in its verb form meaning to enchant.

Kelly Says

Sleeping Beauty was essentially under a spell requiring disentrance—but this word has real-world roots in mesmerism and hypnosis, where Victorian doctors used it as a technical term.

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