rapturizev.
/ˈraptʃərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈræp(t)ʃəˌraɪz/ 1. transitive. To praise rapturously; (with direct speech as object) to say in an ecstatic way.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively
crownc1175
overpraisea1387
overhighc1400
bedaub1581
superexalt1610
to speak a person fara1616
allaud1621
rave1621
stellify1628
beatifya1677
bepraise1774
to jump down a person's throat1809
rapturize1822
belauda1849
1822 E. Nathan Langreath I. 25 ‘I would not miss this fête for the world!’ rapturized the Earl.
1866 Old Guard Mar. 191/2 A young lady, by the name of Augusta Moore, has written..a book..in which she rapturizes Henry Ward Beecher's ‘glowing eyes’, ‘soul-lit face’, ‘royal brow’.
1930 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 41 7 Fite should limit his denunciations..to ‘the soldier under orders’, applicability to whom we may deem pertinent, but hardly to Kant or to one who rapturizes ‘My Station and Its Duties’.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 4 Mar. 31 ‘But oh! What Art can teach What human Voice can reach The sacred organ's praise?’ rapturised John Dryden.
2. intransitive. To fall into ecstasies; to exhibit great enthusiasm.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > be rapturous or ecstatic [verb (intransitive)] > go into ecstasies
to melt awaya1400
ecstasy1636
rapturize1832
ecstasiate1838
ecstasize1854
rapture1908
to bliss out1973
1832 C. Darwin Let. 8 Feb. in Life (1887) I. 232 I will not rapturise again, but I give myself great credit in not being crazy out of pure delight.
1851 Harper's Mag. Aug. 379/1 The Elegy was concluded, and I was rapturizing even more vehemently than was my wont, when, whack! I received a blow on my shoulder.
1916 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 19 Mar. 34/1 Why is it that women constitute the bulk of the audiences that rapturize over..the Picasso canvases?
1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 20 July 32 They proffered a chocolate chip sample. Our tasters rapturised.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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