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Enrapture definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENRAP'TURE, v.t. [from rapture.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure. Enrapt, in a like sense, is little used, and is hardly legitimate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (enraptured; enrapturing) Date: 1740 to fill with delight

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. give intense delight to.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enrapture En*rap"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. --Shenstone.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(enraptures, enrapturing, enraptured) If something or someone enraptures you, you think they are wonderful or fascinating. (LITERARY) The place at once enraptured me... The 20,000-strong audience listened, enraptured. ...an enraptured audience. = enchant VERB: V n, V-ed, V-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Enchant, entrance, enravish, transport, beatify, delight surpassingly.

Moby Thesaurus

allure, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, charm, delectate, delight, draw on, elate, enamor, enchant, endear, enravish, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, freak out, gladden, gratify, hold in thrall, hypnotize, imparadise, infatuate, inflame with love, intrigue, knock dead, knock out, mesmerize, please, ravish, rejoice, seduce, send, slay, spell, spellbind, tantalize, tempt, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, trance, transport, vamp, witch, wow