Rap"ture , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raptured (-t&usl;rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Rapturing.]
To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] Thomson.
Rap"ture (răp"t&usl;r; 135), n. [L. rapere,
raptum, to carry off by force.
See Rapid.]
1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
[Obs.]
That 'gainst a rock, or flat,
her keel did dash
With headlong rapture.
Chapman. 2. The state or
condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement;
violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.
Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens
devotion, and advances praise into rapture.
Addison.
You grow correct that once with rapture writ.
Pope. 3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
[Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.
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