[rap.ture] n [L raptus] (1629) 1 a: a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion b: a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things
2: an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion syn see ecstasy -- rap.tur.ous adj -- rap.tur.ous.ly adv -- rap.tur.ous.ness n
[2]rapture vt rap.tured ; rap.tur.ing (1637): enrapture