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raptures
[
rap
-cher
]
Origin
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rap·ture
/
ˈræp
tʃər
/
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[
rap
-cher
]
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noun, verb
-tured,
-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.
to
enrapture
.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Origin:
1590–1600;
rapt
+
-ure
Related forms
rap·ture·less,
adjective
Can be confused:
rapture,
rupture
.
Synonyms
1.
bliss, beatitude; transport, exaltation.
See
ecstasy.
Antonyms
1.
misery.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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