imparadise

American  

[im-par-uh-dahys] / ɪmˈpær əˌdaɪs /

verb (used with object)

imparadised, imparadising

1. to enrapture.

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imparadise British  

/ ɪmˈpærədaɪs /

verb

1. to make blissfully happy; enrapture

2. to make into or like paradise

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Etymology

Origin of imparadise

First recorded in 1585–95; im- ¹ + paradise

Example Sentences

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imparadise imparadised

Here the woods, mountains, and waters of Rydal imparadise the abode of the wisest of nature's bards, with whom poetry is religion.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

For she, that can my heart imparadise, Holds in her fairest hand what dearest is; My Fortune's wheel 's the circle of her eyes, Whose rolling grace deign once a turn of bliss.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

For she, that can my heart imparadise, Holds in her fairest hand what dearest is.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

There is a land of every land the pride, Beloved of Heaven o'er all the world beside, There brighter suns dispense serener light And milder moons imparadise the night.

From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)

Mr. Judd was a good scholar, and the word is legitimately compounded, like ensphere and imparadise; but he did not invent it.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various

Near him were lovers who in this symphony were fast imparadised; their hands were interlaced; visibly they swayed nearer to each other on the waves of melody.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

Always in their youth, when they had sat imparadised, Michael had been aware of the vulgar Haden household in the background.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

For even as Beatrix Dante's wreath did bind, So, Hymnia, hast thou imparadised my mind.

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

With spells as gossamer as those of the Monna Bice, at once she imparadised his heart.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

With never so holy a calm had she knelt in the jeweled shadows of that chancel or retired from the altar to find her pew imparadised.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton