raptured

[rap-cherd]

rap·tured

[rap-cherd]
adjective Theology.
(especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.

Origin:
1675–85; rapture + -ed2

un·rap·tured, adjective

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Raptured is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Dictionary.com Unabridged

rap·ture

[rap-cher] noun, verb rap·tured, rap·tur·ing.
noun
1.
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
2.
Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight.
3.
the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence.
4.
the Rapture, Theology. the experience, anticipated by some fundamentalist Christians, of meeting Christ midway in the air upon his return to earth.
5.
Archaic. the act of carrying off.
verb (used with object)
6.

Origin:
1590–1600; rapt + -ure

rap·ture·less, adjective

rapture, rupture.


1. bliss, beatitude; transport, exaltation. See ecstasy.


1. misery.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To raptured
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT