rapture

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[edit] Etymology

Latin rapere, to take away or snatch out.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
rapture

Plural
raptures

rapture (plural raptures)

  1. Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement
  2. In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. (Usually "the rapture.")

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Infinitive
to rapture

Third person singular
raptures

Simple past
raptured

Past participle
raptured

Present participle
rapturing

to rapture (third-person singular simple present raptures, present participle rapturing, simple past and past participle raptured)

  1. (dated, intransitive) to be experiencing rapture
  2. (dated, transitive) to cause others to experience rapture
  3. (rare) to take part in the Rapture