rapture

rapture (ˈræptʃə)

—n
1.	the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy
2.	(often plural) an expression of ecstatic joy
3.	the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heaven

—vb
4.	archaic, literary or (tr) to entrance; enrapture

[C17: from Medieval Latin raptūra, from Latin raptusrapt¹]

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Word Origin & History

rapture

1600, "act of carrying off," from M.Fr. rapture, from M.L. raptura "seizure, rape, kidnapping," from L. raptus "a carrying off" (see rapt). Originally of women and cognate with rape (v.). Sense of "spiritual ecstasy" first recorded 1629.

Example sentences

Which includes movies that elicit displeasure and argument along with rapture.

Rapture and ecstasy are not themselves deep play, but they're central

components of it.

Into them it inspired no other sentiments than those of exultation and rapture.

Nitrogen can cause a condition called nitrogen narcosis or rapture of the deep,

which is similar to alcohol intoxication.

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"There was calm rapture in the way she spoke
Perhaps I would get over the way the joke
Always turned against me, in the end."

-John Ashbery