rapture

C2
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛptʃɘ/
/ˈɹaptʃə/
/ˈɹæptʃɚ/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

2 Definition

In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. (Usually "the rapture.")

3 Definition

The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.

4 Definition

Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.

5 Definition

The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.

6 Definition

A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.

2 Definition

To experience great happiness or excitement.

3 Definition

To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.

4 Definition

To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.

5 Definition

To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.