单词 | raptured |
释义 | rapturedadj. 1. Expressing or feeling rapture; ecstatic, enraptured. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adjective] ravished1549 rapt1555 rapted1567 enchanted1594 ecstatical1600 tranced1608 raptured1638 corrept1659 enravished1662 ecstatic1664 rapturous1664 sublime1667 exalted1712 enraptured1757 ecstasied1787 blissed out1973 1638 R. Brathwait Psalmes of David v. 228 Like Lambs, ye ravish't Hillocks heap't, Like-raptur'd revells keep? 1682 Sir T. Browne Wks. (1836) I. 343 The meeter of the rapturd pædagogue. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 558 In his raptur'd soul the Vision glows. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. xlvi Light o'er the chords his raptur'd hand he flung. 1774 H. J. Pye Faringdon Hill i. 6 They various beauties strike his raptured breast. ?1800 W. Sotheby Cambrian Hero iii. iii. 36 When splendour casts a fascinating charm, And princely Edward courts the raptured eye. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory v, in Poems 62 Large dowries doth the raptured eye To the young spirit present. 1873 A. Anderson Song of Labour 108 She..heard a rough yet manly voice make music in her raptured ear. 1928 R. Campbell Wayzgoose ii. 61 [They] await the final end With raptured Hallelujahs to ascend. 1977 Associated Press (Nexis) 16 Aug. From ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ to ‘Love Me Tender’, a million raptured bobby-soxers begged to just let them be his teddy bear. 2006 Timaru (N.Z.) Herald 21 Sept. 3 When Timaru mayor Janie Annear sat down with..a children's book..she had a captive and raptured audience. 2. Christian Church. In Millenarian theology: caused to ascend into heaven as part of the rapture of the church (cf. rapture n. 4b). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > conveyed to or placed in raptc1390 raptured1866 1866 R. C. Shimeall Polit. Econ. Prophecy vi. 224 His risen and raptured saints of the first resurrection. 1886 F. L. Chapell in Prophetic Stud. Internat. Prophetic Conf. 24/1 He will be withdrawn from the earth with the raptured saints at the parousia of the Lord. 1987 S. P. Kealy Apocalypse of John i. 16 Christ and his army of raptured saints will return to defeat the Antichrist. 2004 T. LaHaye & E. Hindson Pop. Encycl. Bible Prophecy 167/2 The 24 elders.., robed in white, symbolize the raptured church in heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1638 |
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