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Meanings of rapture in English

Portuguese
enlevo
Catalan
èxtasi
Spanish
arrebatamiento

A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.

        enlevo
        Usage of rapture in English
        1
        I visited with a natural rapture the largest book-store in the world.
        Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
        2
        There is a rapture in the stream as in the pathless woods.
        Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
        3
        I was in a rapture of excitement; the interruption made me wild.
        A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
        4
        Fox hailed in a rapture of exultation the fall of the Bastille.
        A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
        5
        Suddenly his rapture was broken through; the singer had stopped the orchestra.
        Evelyn Innes
        6
        Here is the rapture of the mystic, the triumph of the saint.
        An Introduction to Yoga
        7
        That made rapture feel especially valuable, because it was evidently so vulnerable.
        The Guardian
        8
        The widow confronted the chimney-piece, and clasped her hands in silent rapture.
        Jezebel's Daughter
        9
        All the man in him trembled under the rapture of her touch.
        The New Magdalen
        10
        Sir Norman raised the hand he held, in rapture to his lips:
        The Midnight Queen
        11
        She seated herself by the window listening with rapture in her eyes.
        Five Nights: A Novel
        12
        The prince stood by, frowning at the rapture of the elder lady.
        Roderick Hudson
        13
        There came the old rapture of conquest, that made her social genius.
        Sylvia's Marriage: A Novel
        14
        She embraced me and I embraced her in a rapture of reunion.
        When the World Shook / Being an Account of the Great Adventure o...
        15
        Surely the angels know nothing of the rapture of such a work.
        Scenes in Switzerland
        16
        When the rapture reached an almost unbearable peak, Quinn heard the voices.
        The Reality Dysfunction
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        Rapture through the time
        Rapture across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common