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Definition of Enrapture
1. Verb. Hold spellbound. "The performance is likely to enrapture Sue"
Generic synonyms: Delight, Please
Antonyms: Disenchant
Derivative terms: Enchantment, Enchantment, Enthrallment, Ravishment, Transport
Definition of Enrapture
1. v. t. To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
Definition of Enrapture
1. Verb. To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enrapture
1. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enrapture
Literary usage of Enrapture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Selection of English Synonyms by Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately (1860)
"They differ chiefly in point of force ; ' enchant' being stronger than ' charm,'
and ' enrapture' stronger still. This last word is distinguished also from ..."
2. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"... a trophy to enrapture any hunter coming from the chase. The Boss and the Lady
Hunter were the lord and lady of the manor, none of the others approaching ..."
3. A Selection of English Synonymes by Richard Whately (1873)
"They differ chiefly in point of force ; ' enchant' being stronger than ' charm,'
and ' enrapture' stronger still. This last word is distinguished also from ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"4« Direction, course, aim, aspect, point of compass. 3. Endurance« suffering,
enduring, patience, long-suffering. Beatify, va I. enrapture, rapture, ..."
5. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"To charm, enchant, and fascinate, are taken in the improper sense to denote moral
as well as natural operations; enrapture and captivate have a moral ..."
6. Crabb's English Synonyms by George. Crabb (1917)
"stronger effect than to charm, and to signifies the state of being carried j
enrapture than to enchant. Music: away; whence to enrapture signifies to put ..."
7. English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from by George Crabb (1854)
"To enrapture is to absorb all the affections of the soul; it is of too violent
a nature to be either tasting or frequent : It is a term applicable only to ..."
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