Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To fill with rapture or delight.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To move to rapture; transport with pleasure; delight beyond measure; ravish.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
WordNet 3.0
- v. hold spellbound
Examples
“The Hand That First Held Mine will no doubt enrapture you, just as it has me.”
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell: Book summary
“Subjectively, this manifests itself in the perception that the "feelings" elicited by art and music are in fact the ACTUAL feelings the artist felt, somehow, dizzyingly 'captured' by the work, immortalized, held in 'static communion' by the canvas, or musical recording, or camera... and now able to enrapture and enchant us indefinitely.”
The Huffington Post: Jason Silva: On Creativity, Marijuana and "a Butterfly Effect in Thought"
“On Loopita, the german artist platform Raster-Noton enrapture the audience again, exihibiting all the collective´s positive boldness regarding music and electronic images.”
“And although one would be amazed at the prodigious child who could follow to the letter its snaky progress, it captures brilliantly that moment when adults enrapture children by behaving like children themselves.”
The Guardian: Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie - review
“Once in Neverland, the surrounding computer-generated scenery continues to enrapture, surrounding both the audience and the 23 living actors.”
“But the harrowing psychological investigation he embarks upon is told seemingly without effort, through words that intoxicate, scenes that enrapture, and ideas that ensnare.”
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“She cups one in her hands and the colors swirl and unfurl, capture and enrapture.”
““Robert Dunbar has the unique personal vision, command of language, and atmospheric style to enrapture you in the wildest, deepest nightmare.””
“It appears that there was no attempt to notate this savoir-faire, because, in order for it to be endowed with its full relevancy, it probably had to spring spontaneously from the particular moment and enrapture the listeners by its inestimable character of something ephemeral and, therefore, eminently human.”
“In a debate, it is not enough to enrapture the masses.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘enrapture’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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I am : mystified
As in, 'confused' and 'entranced' both.
mystify, entrance, enrapture, puzzle, ensorcell, confound, mesmerize, confuse, bewitch, captivate, beguile, fascinate and 11 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Personal Vocabulary List
All my favourite words that I come across!
veritable, incongruence, rigamorole, letcherous, revolting, repulsive, reputrid, rapatious, forays, guise, placate, paradigm and 1162 more...
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practice 2
100 words
momentous, domicile, adroit, ingenious, dexterous, genius, brevity, decorum, propriety, dignity, err, blunder and 91 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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My favorite words used in Fiona Apple...
title is self-explanatory
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Magical moments
abracadabra, presto, open sesame, alakazam, incantation, spell, charm, chant, hocus pocus, legerdemain, occult, mystification and 24 more...
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set 9
tryst, ruse, enrapture, epithet, chaffing, untenable, agape, obsequious, prattle, comestible, rueful, aquiline and 80 more...
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itsaflower's Words
calamity, exculpate, quixotic, enrapture, melodious, maniacal, pragmatic, smote, flagrant, ambivalent, jitter, somnambulist and 18 more...
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difficult-list17
endearment, endue, enervate, enfranchise, engage, engender, engross, enjoin, enrapture, ensconce, entail, enterprising and 30 more...
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artgirl033's Words
twilight, sparkle, illuminate, periwinkle, enrapture, whisp, droplet
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pleased
meditative, engaging, enrapture, sensual, ebullience, suave, esprit
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