n. [ L. rapere, raptum, to carry off by force. See Rapid. ]
That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash
With headlong rapture. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
You grow correct that once with rapture writ. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. An enthusiast. [ Obs. ] J. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To put, or be put, in a state of rapture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture;
adv. In a rapturous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]