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 Definitions of Rapture  [ˈræp tʃər]  

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Definition of 'Rapture' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rapture
ecstatic joy or delight.

2.  rapture
Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight.

3.  rapture
the feeling, esp. in religious ecstasy, of being transported to another place or sphere of existence.

4. (v.t.) rapture
to enrapture.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; rapt+ -ure ; cf. ML

Definition of 'Rapture' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

2. (noun) ecstasy, rapture
a state of elated bliss


Definition of 'Rapture' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Rapture
a seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence

2. (noun) Rapture
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

3. (noun) Rapture
a spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium

4. (verb) Rapture
to transport with excitement; to enrapture


Translation of 'Rapture' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: great delight.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vervoering Arabic flag Arabic: طَرَب، نَشْوَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: възторг
Brazilian flag Brazilian: êxtase Czech flag Czech: uchvácení German flag German: das Entzücken
Danish flag Danish: henrykkelse Greek flag Greek: αγαλλίαση Spanish flag Spanish: éxtasis
Estonian flag Estonian: vaimustus Farsi flag Farsi: از خود بی خودی؛ خلسه Finnish flag Finnish: hurma
French flag French: ravissement Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹשֶר Hindi flag Hindi: अत्यन्त हर्ष
Croatian flag Croatian: ushit, ekstaza Hungarian flag Hungarian: elragadtatás Indonesian flag Indonesian: sukacita
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hrifning Italian flag Italian: rapimento, estasi Japanese flag Japanese: 歓喜
Korean flag Korean: 환희 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: susižavėjimas Latvian flag Latvian: sajūsma; aizraušanās
Malay flag Malay: kesungguhan Dutch flag Dutch: vervoering Norwegian flag Norwegian: vill begeistring
Polish flag Polish: zachwyt Persian flag Persian: از خود بی خودی؛ خلسه Pashto flag Pashto: ډير ه خوښى، دوحى او فكرى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: êxtase Romanian flag Romanian: încântare Russian flag Russian: восторг
Slovak flag Slovak: vytrženie Slovenian flag Slovenian: navdušenje Serbian flag Serbian: ushićenje
Swedish flag Swedish: hänfördhet, hänryckthet Thai flag Thai: ความปิติยินดีอย่างยิ่ง Turkish flag Turkish: kendinden geçme, coşku
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 狂喜 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: захват; екстаз Urdu flag Urdu: سر خوشی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự sung sướng Chinese flag Chinese: 狂喜兴高采烈,欢天喜地

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