Definition of "semitrance" []

• A trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "These semitrance states are treated in the village with a long and arduous cleansing ritual."
• "He slipped into a semitrance with startling speed and began to recite formulae and trace symbols in the air."
• "As she stood there in a semitrance, remembering, her old, false visions fell away and she began to really see the reality of that summer with Lorrie."