Enrapt

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    fascinated, enraptured archaic, poetic

    "Come Hector, come, go back, / Thy wife hath dreamt, thy mother hath had viſions, / Caſſandra doth foreſee, and I my ſelfe, / Am like a prophet ſuddenly enrapt, / To tell thee that this day is ominous: / Therefore come back."

Synonyms

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blissfulcock-a-hoopdelightedecstaticelysianenraptured

Antonyms

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solemn

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"Come Hector, come, go back, / Thy wife hath dreamt, thy mother hath had viſions, / Caſſandra doth foreſee, and I my ſelfe, / Am like a prophet ſuddenly enrapt, / To tell thee that this day is ominous: / Therefore come back."

Etymology

From en- + rapt.

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