raptured

Variant of rapture

rapture definition

rap·ture (rap′c̸hər)

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

Etymology: ML raptura: see rapt & -ure

transitive verb raptured -·tured, rapturing -·tur·ing

Now Rare to enrapture; fill with ecstasy

Related Forms:

rapture Idioms

the rapture

in some Christian theologies, the bodily ascent into heaven just before Armageddon of those who are saved (see save, )

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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