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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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.
syn: See ecstasy.
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rapture
Past participle: raptured
Gerund: rapturing
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| Noun | 1. |  rapture - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickensemotional 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 |
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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
nounA state of elated bliss:
Informal: cloud nine.
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Translations
طَرَب، نَشْوَه
uchvácení
henrykkelse
elragadtatás
hrifning
aizraušanāssajūsma
vytrženie
coşkukendinden geçme
rapture
[ˈræptʃəʳ] N → éxtasis m invto be in raptures → estar extasiado, extasiarse
to go into raptures over sth → extasiarse 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] n → extase f, ravissement mto 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 raptures → entzückt sein (→ over über +acc, → about von); she was in raptures when she heard he was returning → sie 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 raptures → jdn 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 invto 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 adverbin raptures
greatly delighted. She was in raptures about her beautiful new car.
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