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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raptured (-t[-u]rd;
     135); p. pr. & vb. n. Rapturing.]
     To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic]
     --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rapture \Rap"ture\ (r[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum,
     to carry off by force. See Rapid.]
     1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with
        violence. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash
              With headlong rapture.                --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the
              hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion,
              and advances praise into rapture.     --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You grow correct that once with rapture writ.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rapture \Rap"ture\ (r[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum,
     to carry off by force. See Rapid.]
     1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with
        violence. [Obs.]
  
              That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With
              headlong rapture.                     --Chapman.
  
     2. 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.
  
              Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the
              hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion,
              and advances praise into rapture.     --Addison.
  
              You grow correct that once with rapture writ.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Syn: Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raptured (-t[-u]rd;
     135); p. pr. & vb. n. Rapturing.]
     To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic]
     --Thomson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rapture
       n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
            "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
            Dickens [syn: ecstasy, transport, exaltation, raptus]
       2: a state of elated bliss [syn: ecstasy]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ παρωχ en) η απαγωγή, ο βιασμός -->
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εξίσταμαι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     n.
     Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
     vb.
     (lb en dated transitive) To cause to experience great happiness or
  excitement.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Rapture
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) a prophesied sudden removal of Christian
  believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the
  second coming of Jesus Christ

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     n.
     Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
     vb.
     (lb en dated transitive) To cause to experience great happiness or
  excitement.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Rapture
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) a prophesied sudden removal of Christian
  believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the
  second coming of Jesus Christ

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     n.
     Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
     vb.
     (lb en dated transitive) To cause to experience great happiness or
  excitement.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Rapture
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) a prophesied sudden removal of Christian
  believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the
  second coming of Jesus Christ

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     n.
     Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
     vb.
     (lb en dated transitive) To cause to experience great happiness or
  excitement.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Rapture
     n.
     (lb en Christianity) a prophesied sudden removal of Christian
  believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the
  second coming of Jesus Christ

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     Englanti n.
     1 riemastus, hurmio
     2 (yhteys uskonto k=en) ylöstempaus

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Rapture
     Englanti n.
     (uskonto: k=en) ylöstempaus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rapture
     Engelska n.
     1 förtjusning
     2 (tagg språk=en kristendom text=the rapture) uppryckandet

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  نشوة الطرب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  rapture //ˈɹaptʃə// //ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ// //ˈɹɛptʃɘ// 
  възторг, екстаз
  extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/ 
  vytržení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  große Begeisterung , Entzücken , Entzückung , Verzückung  [geh.]
        "Review publications went into raptures about the new staging."  - Die Kritiken überschlugen sich vor Begeisterung über die Neuinszenierung.
        "Their open-air concert sent the fans into raptures."  - Ihr Freiluftkonzert riss die Fans zu Begeisterungsstürmen hin.
     Synonym: delight
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  Entrückung  [relig.]
   see: mountain rapture
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  
  έκσταση

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  rapture //ˈɹaptʃə// //ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ// //ˈɹɛptʃɘ// 
  1. hurmio, hurmos
  extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
  2. ylöstempaus
  gathering up of believers in end times

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/ 
  1. अत्यन्त~हर्ष
        "He is gazing with rapture at the face of his beloved."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  oduševljenje, otmica, ushićenje, zanos

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  1. örömmámor
  2. mámor
  3. gyönyör
  4. elragadtatás
  5. megrészegülés
  6. extázis

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  rapture //ˈɹaptʃə// //ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ// //ˈɹɛptʃɘ// 
  携挙
  gathering up of believers in end times

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  rapture /ˈræpʧə/ 
    ekstaza, uniesienie

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  rapture //ˈɹaptʃə// //ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ// //ˈɹɛptʃɘ// 
  1. hänförelse, hänryckning
  extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
  2. uppryckande
  gathering up of believers in end times

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  rapture /ɹˈaptʃə/
  1. kendinden geçme, vecit hali, vecde dalma
  2. aşırı sevinç. rapturous  vecit halinde, kendinden geçmiş. rapturously  kendinden geçerek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹæptʃɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "rapture":
     abandon, affection, affectionateness, amativeness, amorousness,
     beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss,
     blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, craze, delectation,
     delight, delirium, demonstrativeness, dharana, dhyana, ecstasis,
     ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment, euphoria, exaltation,
     exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, fire and fury, frenzy, furor,
     furore, fury, gaiety, gladness, glee, goatishness, happiness,
     heaven, high spirits, horniness, hypnosis, hysteria, intoxication,
     joy, joyance, joyfulness, joyousness, lovelornness, lovesickness,
     madness, orgasm, orgy, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise,
     passion, pleasure, rage, ravishment, rhapsody, romanticism,
     samadhi, sentimentality, seventh, seventh heaven, sexiness,
     sunshine, susceptibility, tearing passion, thrill, towering rage,
     trance, transport, unalloyed happiness, yoga trance
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 兴高彩烈,欢天喜地,狂喜;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 兴高采烈,着迷,欢天喜地,狂喜
     vt. 使狂喜

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