单词 | rapturize |
释义 | rapturizev. 1. transitive. To praise rapturously; (with direct speech as object) to say in an ecstatic way. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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