Enrapture
[ɪn'ræptʃə;en-] or [ɪn'ræptʃɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Enchant, charm, fascinate, captivate, entrance, enravish, transport, beatify, make happy.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Beatify, entrance, enchant, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, transport, charm,attract, ravish
ANT:Disgust, nauseate, torture, horrify, torment
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Definition
v.t. to put in rapture: to transport with pleasure or delight.—p.adjs. Enrap′tured Enrapt′ delighted: transported.
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Examples
- Pitt Crawley was amazed and enraptured with her speech. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She seemed absolutely enraptured, as though mine had been an atmosphere which would rain men upon her, and our bargain was concluded. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Not Paris sitting in judgment on Mount Ida saw such a vision of loveliness as now appeared to the enraptured eyes of Roylands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The ungainly piece of honesty beamed and blushed as he said it, quite enraptured with the remembrance of having been serviceable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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