enrapture

American  

[en-rap-cher] / ɛnˈræp tʃər /

verb (used with object)

enraptured, enrapturing

1. to move to rapture; delight beyond measure.

   We were enraptured by her singing.

   Synonyms:

   enchant, entrance, transport, enthrall

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enrapture British  

/ ɪnˈræptʃə /

verb

1. (tr) to fill with delight; enchant

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Other Word Forms

• enrapturedly adverb
• unenraptured adjective

Etymology

Origin of enrapture

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

Example Sentences

Passages about Lord Byron’s anorexia and the invention of the first electric battery will enrapture a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Ceylan’s films enrapture on the big screen, where the vastness of Anatolia’s barren, majestic exteriors dwarf his downtrodden characters’ personal dramas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

In "Killers of the Flower Moon" stars Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro enrapture the audience from start to finish with bone-chilling performances with real-life archival footage from Osage history as a backdrop.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023

In Kucha-e-Kharabat, classical music traditions have been passed down for generations, dating back to the 1860s when Afghan emperor Sher Ali Khan invited Indian masters to enrapture Kabul’s royal court.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

For the dance is warlike and passionate, but it has steps and measured changes, and interposed are some elevations that really enrapture and surprise.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

Related Words

• beguile
• bewitch
• elate
• enamor
• enchant
• enthrall
• fascinate