rapture
To cause to experience great happiness or excitementTo cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
» Tom believes that the rapture is going to happen any day now.
Meaning
5 senses(dated, transitive)To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
(dated, intransitive)To experience great happiness or excitement.
(transitive)To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
(intransitive, rare)To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
(uncommon)To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.
Examples
3 sentencesTom believes that the rapture is going to happen any day now.
According to Tom's calculations, the rapture is set to occur in exactly three years.
The pianist's performance of a Haydn sonata threw the woman into a rapture bordering on frenzy.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiōBorrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).
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Forms
raptures, rapturing, raptured, rapturedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle