rap|ture

rap|ture
rap|ture «RAP chuhr», noun, verb, -tured, -tur|ing.
–noun.
1. a strong feeling that absorbs the mind; very great joy: »

The mother gazed with rapture at her newborn baby.

2. Often, raptures. an expression of great joy.
3. Obsolete. a carrying or transporting.
4. Often, the rapture. in some Christian theologies, the transporting of believers to heaven before a world-ending battle.
–transitive verb.
= enrapture. (Cf. ↑enrapture)
╂[< rapt; patterned on capture]
Synonym Study noun. 1 Rapture, ecstasy are formal words meaning a feeling of being lifted high in mind and spirits. Rapture emphasizes being filled with and completely taken up in a feeling of delight or bliss: »

In rapture the child listened to the talking doll.

Ecstasy implies being overwhelmed or carried away by strong emotion: »

The intensity of religious ecstasy enables some people temporarily to forget their worldly cares.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • rap·ture — /ˈræpʧɚ/ noun, pl tures literary + formal : a state or feeling of great happiness, pleasure, or love [noncount] We listened with rapture as the orchestra played. a smile of rapture He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture …   Useful english dictionary

  • en|rap|ture — «ehn RAP chuhr», transitive verb, tured, tur|ing. to move to rapture; fill with great delight; entrance: »The audience was enraptured by the singer s beautiful voice …   Useful english dictionary

  • ture — ab·bre·vi·a·ture; acu·punc·ture; ad·ju·di·ca·ture; ad·mix·ture; ad·ven·ture·some; ad·ven·ture·some·ly; af·fix·ture; ag·ri·cul·ture; al·co·hol·a·ture; an·a·cul·ture; ap·er·ture; api·cul·ture; aq·ua·cul·ture; ar·bo·ri·cul·ture; ar·ca·ture;… …   English syllables

  • rap — ca·rap·i·dae; ca·rap; chi·rap·sia; da·rap·skite; en·rap·ture; hag·i·og·rap·hy; ha·rap·pa; pa·rap·si·da; pa·rap·si·dal; pa·rap·sis; pa·rap·ter·um; RAP; rap; rap·a·nea; rap·ee; rap·er; rap·id·ly; rap·id·ness; rap·ine; rap·ist; rap·pa·ree; rap·pee;… …   English syllables

  • en·rap·ture — …   Useful english dictionary

  • rapture — rap·ture …   English syllables

  • rapture — rap|ture [ˈræptʃə US ər] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: rapt] 1.) literary great excitement and happiness ▪ The boys gazed up at him in rapture. 2.) be in raptures/go into raptures BrE formal to express or feel great pleasure and happiness about …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rapture — rap|ture [ ræptʃər ] noun uncount LITERARY a feeling of great happiness or excitement be in rapture/raptures to feel extremely happy or excited into raptures into an extremely happy and excited state: The team s win sent the fans into raptures …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • raptureless — rap·ture·less …   English syllables

  • rapture — rap•ture [[t]ˈræp tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing. n. 1) ecstatic joy or delight 2) Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight 3) the feeling, esp. in religious ecstasy, of being transported to another place or sphere of… …   From formal English to slang

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