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imparadise, emparadise, v.|ɪmˈpærədaɪs|
Also 6–7 -ize.
[Corresponds to It. imparadisare (Florio) and F. emparadiser (17th c. in Littré); see im-1 and paradise.]
1. trans. To place in, or as in, Paradise; to bring into a state of rapture or supreme happiness; to transport, ravish.
α1592Constable Sonn. viii. iii, Though Death mee and my loue imparadizeth. 1592Daniel Delia Wks. (1717) 400 She that can my Heart imparadise. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 506 Imparadis't in one anothers arms. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) III. lxxxi. 88 We were imparadised in the gratification of our mutual wishes. 1845Bachelor Albany (1848) 204 When he..imparadised himself at Richmond.
β1598Florio, Paradisare, to emparadize. 1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. iv. xliv, As in his burning throne he [David] sits emparadis'd. 1644Quarles Barnabas & B. 113 Emparadise thy soul in fresh delights. 1822Milman Martyr of Antioch 84 Emparadised in bliss. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 49 The Greek emparadised by luxury and intellect.
2. To make a paradise of (a place or state).
a1658Cleveland For Sleep 29 Darkness emparadiz'd. 1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad 394 Song and joy imparadised the bowers. 1848Tait's Mag. XV. 427 Improvements which would have literally imparadised the spot. 1849Moir in Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 565 The round white moon Emparadises midmost June.
Hence imˈparadised |-aɪst| ppl. a.
a1586Sidney Arcadia (J.), This imparadised neighbourhood. 1606Ford Honor Tri. (1843) 11 The fruition of imparadised content. 1853Talfourd Castilian iv. iii, The imparadised spirits of our saints. |