rapture
[ rap-cher ]
/ ˈræp tʃər /
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noun
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
Often raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight.
the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence.
the Rapture, Theology. the experience, anticipated by some fundamentalist Christians, of meeting Christ midway in the air upon his return to earth.
Archaic. the act of carrying off.
verb (used with object), rap·tured, rap·tur·ing.
to enrapture.
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First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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1. See ecstasy.
OTHER WORDS FROM rapture
rap·ture·less, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rapture
rapture , ruptureWords nearby rapture
rap sheet, rap someone's knuckles, rapt, raptor, raptorial, rapture, raptured, rapture of the deep, rapturous, raptus, RAR
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British Dictionary definitions for rapture
rapture
/ (ˈræptʃə) /
noun
the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy
(often plural) an expression of ecstatic joy
the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heaven
verb
(tr) archaic, or literary to entrance; enrapture
Word Origin for rapture
C17: from Medieval Latin raptūra, from Latin raptus rapt 1
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