2. Verb. (third-person singular of rapture) ¹
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Definition of Raptures
1. rapture [v] - See also: rapture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raptures
Literary usage of Raptures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... but was in fuch raptures of joy to think that the poor heathen woman was become a
... raptures ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society, John Harland, Manchester (England). Court-Leet (1861)
"A Treasury of Divine raptures con- sisting of Serious observations, ...
These raptures consist of R series of short poems on a great variety of subjects, ..."
3. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"... raptures, and the ladies especially; but, as it was now my only means, it was
received with contempt: a proof how ready the world is to underrate those ..."
4. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"THE raptures OF FOLLY Tacou greybeard, old Wisdom! may boast of thy treasures;
Give me with old Folly to live; I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled ..."
5. The Passions of the Human Soul by Charles Fourier, John Reynell Morell, Hugh Doherty (1851)
"One serves as an approach to the other, for between flitting raptures and ...
the meaning is, passional delight, exhilaration, or flitting raptures. ..."
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