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   The meaning of RAPTURE is an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion. How to use rapture in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rapture.

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   The action of enraging; the state or condition of being enraged. †Also in good sense: Rapture. As a mass noun: transport of mind, mental exaltation or absorption, ecstasy; (now esp.) ecstatic delight or joy. A state of mental abstraction from external things; absorption, exaltation, rapture, ecstasy.

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   The earliest known use of the verb rapture is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for rapture is from 1636, in the writing of Thomas Heywood, playwright and poet. It is also recorded as a noun from the late 1500s. rapture is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: rapture n.

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   RAPTURE definition: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.

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   4 meanings: 1. the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy 2. an expression of ecstatic joy 3..... Click for more definitions.

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   Definition of rapture noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What is rapture noun?

   • Definition of rapture noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a feeling of extreme pleasure and happiness synonym delight Charles listened with rapture to her singing. The children gazed at her in rapture. Never before had she known such rapture. Want to learn more? to feel or express extreme pleasure or enthusiasm for somebody/something

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   Where did the term 'rapture' come from?

   • The term 'rapture' comes from the Roman Catholic Vulgate, where it is translated as 'raptura' from which, presumably, the English word 'Rapture' originated. This is not used in just a few verses.

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   What does the term 'Rapture' mean in the Bible?

   • The word commonly used to describe the mysterious event in the Bible is 'Rapture', taken from the Latin verb rapio meaning ‘to catch up’ or ‘take away’.

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   What is the idea of a rapture?

   • The idea of a rapture was us painting an ideal, we were singing this song about the way we wish that things could be. We find bunny; the little one is in raptures. Nothing, except for the fervent hope that all of them will be raptured. The days are evil, the rapture of d saint are at hand.

   RAPTURE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What is the difference between rapture and transport?

   • rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude. transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action. Noun We listened with rapture as the orchestra played. He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture.

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   What did reuenge say about Rapture?

   • Lo, I the man, that will vpon thy life Reuenge, said he, the rapture of my wife. A flat piece of brass, with the rapture of Proserpine by a Centaure. Under which of the Kings happened the rapture of Europa. The Rapture of Helen by Alexander..was in the second Generation after the Argonautic Expedition. 2.b. Rape; sexual violation, ravishing.

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   RAPTURE meaning: 1. extreme pleasure and happiness or excitement: 2. an expression of extreme pleasure and…. Learn more.