rapture


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rapture

ecstatic joy; bliss; beatitude
Not to be confused with:
raptor – one who seizes by force; robber; a raptorial bird
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rap·ture

 (răp′chər)
n.
1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.
2. often raptures An expression of ecstatic feeling: raptures of joy.
3.
a. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means.
b. Rapture An event in the eschatology of certain Christian groups in which believers in Christ will be taken up to heaven either prior to or at the Second Coming.
tr.v. rap·tured, rap·tur·ing, rap·tures
To enrapture.

[Obsolete French, abduction, carrying off, from rapt, carried away, from Old French rat, from Latin raptus; see rapt.]
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rapture

(ˈræptʃə)
n
1. the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy
2. (often plural) an expression of ecstatic joy
3. the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heaven
vb
(tr) archaic or literary to entrance; enrapture
[C17: from Medieval Latin raptūra, from Latin raptus rapt1]
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rap•ture

(ˈræp tʃər)

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 existence.
v.t.
4. to enrapture.
[1590–1600; rapt + -ure; compare Medieval Latin raptūra poaching]
syn: See ecstasy.
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rapture


Past participle: raptured
Gerund: rapturing

Imperative
rapture
rapture
Present
I rapture
you rapture
he/she/it raptures
we rapture
you rapture
they rapture
Preterite
I raptured
you raptured
he/she/it raptured
we raptured
you raptured
they raptured
Present Continuous
I am rapturing
you are rapturing
he/she/it is rapturing
we are rapturing
you are rapturing
they are rapturing
Present Perfect
I have raptured
you have raptured
he/she/it has raptured
we have raptured
you have raptured
they have raptured
Past Continuous
I was rapturing
you were rapturing
he/she/it was rapturing
we were rapturing
you were rapturing
they were rapturing
Past Perfect
I had raptured
you had raptured
he/she/it had raptured
we had raptured
you had raptured
they had raptured
Future
I will rapture
you will rapture
he/she/it will rapture
we will rapture
you will rapture
they will rapture
Future Perfect
I will have raptured
you will have raptured
he/she/it will have raptured
we will have raptured
you will have raptured
they will have raptured
Future Continuous
I will be rapturing
you will be rapturing
he/she/it will be rapturing
we will be rapturing
you will be rapturing
they will be rapturing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rapturing
you have been rapturing
he/she/it has been rapturing
we have been rapturing
you have been rapturing
they have been rapturing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rapturing
you will have been rapturing
he/she/it will have been rapturing
we will have been rapturing
you will have been rapturing
they will have been rapturing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rapturing
you had been rapturing
he/she/it had been rapturing
we had been rapturing
you had been rapturing
they had been rapturing
Conditional
I would rapture
you would rapture
he/she/it would rapture
we would rapture
you would rapture
they would rapture
Past Conditional
I would have raptured
you would have raptured
he/she/it would have raptured
we would have raptured
you would have raptured
they would have raptured
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rapture - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotionrapture - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
emotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
2.rapture - a state of elated bliss
bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air - a state of extreme happiness
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rapture

noun ecstasy, delight, enthusiasm, joy, transport, spell, happiness, bliss, euphoria, felicity, rhapsody, exaltation, cloud nine (informal), seventh heaven, delectation, beatitude, ravishment His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.
go into or be in raptures wax lyrical, rave, enthuse, gush, go mad, go crazy, go wild, rhapsodize He goes into raptures over the brilliantly coloured paintwork.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

rapture

noun
A state of elated bliss:
Informal: cloud nine.
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Translations
طَرَب، نَشْوَه
uchvácení
henrykkelse
elragadtatás
hrifning
aizraušanāssajūsma
vytrženie
coşkukendinden geçme

rapture

[ˈræptʃəʳ] Néxtasis m inv
to be in rapturesestar extasiado, extasiarse
to go into raptures over sthextasiarse por algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rapture

[ˈræptʃər] nextase f, ravissement m
to be in raptures over sth → s'extasier devant qch
to go into raptures over sth → s'extasier sur qch
to send sb into raptures → plonger qn dans l'extase
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rapture

n (= delight)Entzücken nt; (= ecstasy)Verzückung f; to be in rapturesentzückt sein (→ over über +acc, → about von); she was in raptures when she heard he was returningsie war außer sich vor Freude, als sie hörte, dass er zurückkommt; to go into raptures (about somebody/something)(über jdn/etw) ins Schwärmen geraten; to send somebody into rapturesjdn in Entzücken versetzen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rapture

[ˈræptʃəʳ] n (liter) → estasi f inv
to be in raptures over sth/sb → essere estasiato/a di fronte a qc/qn
to go into raptures over sth/sb → andare in estasi per qc/qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rapture

(ˈrӕptʃə) noun
great delight.
ˈrapturous adjective
showing great delight. They gave him a rapturous welcome.
ˈrapturously adverb
in raptures
greatly delighted. She was in raptures about her beautiful new car.
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References in classic literature ?
Rostov too, bending over his saddle, shouted "Hurrah!" with all his might, feeling that he would like to injure himself by that shout, if only to express his rapture fully.
Palmer, whose eye was caught by every thing pretty, expensive, or new; who was wild to buy all, could determine on none, and dawdled away her time in rapture and indecision.
And at the joyous rapture of the voice, more than one pair of eyes in the room brimmed hot with sudden tears.
- how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells - Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!
what a delightful winter we will have!" cried Anna, in rapture.
The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark, Protested, with tears in its eyes, That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark Could atone for that dismal surprise!
But to what did they owe the convulsion and rapture of their transport?
No one, indeed, could have imagined the rapture it was to do it, or what a load rolled from my shoulders when I dropped the law from them.
"Oh, yes, yes; make haste, please," answered Levin, with difficulty restraining the smile of rapture which would overspread his face.
The golden year was dying as it had lived, a beautiful and unrepentant voluptuary, and reminiscent rapture and content freighted heavily the air.
He gazes down at her in such rapture that he is in everybody's way, and as she takes his arm she gives it a little squeeze, and then away they strut, Mary doing nine-tenths of the talking.
The Emperor had often visited the Military College and every time Kasatsky saw that tall erect figure, with breast expanded in its military overcoat, entering with brisk step, saw the cropped side-whiskers, the moustache, the aquiline nose, and heard the sonorous voice exchanging greetings with the cadets, he was seized by the same rapture that he experienced later on when he met the woman he loved.