enrapture

[ en-rap-cher ]
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verb (used with object),en·rap·tured, en·rap·tur·ing.
  1. to move to rapture; delight beyond measure: We were enraptured by her singing.

Origin of enrapture

1
First recorded in 1730–40; en-1 + rapture

Other words for enrapture

Other words from enrapture

  • en·rap·tured·ly, adverb
  • un·en·rap·tured, adjective

Words Nearby enrapture

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How to use enrapture in a sentence

  • The depth and variegated beauty of coloring that marks this season of decaying foliage, would enrapture the heart of an artist.

    The Hudson | Wallace Bruce
  • Meantime, the girl was making a toilet of vast and artful simplicity wherewith to enrapture the eye of the beholder.

    The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for enrapture

enrapture

/ (ɪnˈræptʃə) /


verb
  1. (tr) to fill with delight; enchant

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