About The Word Rapture
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Rapture
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What's The Definition Of Rapture?
[n] a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
[n] a state of elated bliss Synonyms | Synonyms for Rapture: ecstasy | exaltation | raptus | transport Related Terms | Find terms related to Rapture: See Also | bliss | blissfulness | cloud nine | emotional state | seventh heaven | spirit | walking on air Rapture In Webster's Dictionary \Rap"ture\ (r[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum,
to carry off by force. See {Rapid}.]
1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with
violence. [Obs.]
That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With
headlong rapture. --Chapman.
2. The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from
one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing
passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.
Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the
hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion,
and advances praise into rapture. --Addison.
You grow correct that once with rapture writ.
--Pope.
3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.
\Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raptured} (-t[-u]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapturing}.] To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] --Thomson. |
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