rapture

Rapture is a feeling of being carried away by extreme happiness, love or pleasure.

(noun)

  1. An example of rapture is how a chocoholic feels when eating chocolate cake.
  2. An example of rapture is how a flower lover feels when submerged in a flower garden.

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See rapture in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the state of being carried away with joy, love, etc.; ecstasy
  2. an expression of great joy, pleasure, etc.
  3. a carrying away or being carried away in body or spirit: now rare except in theological usage

Origin: ML raptura: see rapt & -ure

transitive verb raptured, rapturing

Now Rare to enrapture; fill with ecstasy

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See rapture in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.
  2. An expression of ecstatic feeling. Often used in the plural.
  3. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven.
transitive verb rap·tured, rap·tur·ing, rap·tures
To enrapture.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French, abduction, carrying off

Origin: , from rapt, carried away

Origin: , from Old French rat

Origin: , from Latin raptus; see rapt 

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