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Definition of Enraptured

1. Adjective. Feeling great rapture or delight.

Definition of Enraptured

1. Verb. (past of enrapture) ¹

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Definition of Enraptured

1. enrapture [v] - See also: enrapture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enraptured

Literary usage of Enraptured

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"For some time we walked on in silence, enraptured with the splendor of the sky. Above us gleamed the Dipper's seven diamond points; Orion's belt hung ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"For some time we walked on in silence, enraptured with the THE PATH THROUGH THE FOREST. splendor of the sky. Above us gleamed the Dipper's seven diamond ..."

3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"For some time we walked on in silence, enraptured with the THE PATH THROUGH THE FOREST. splendor of the sky. Above us gleamed the Dipper's seven diamond ..."

4. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1813)
"In that case we shall realize the story of the mad painter, who was so enraptured by the production of his own pencil, that he called on Nature to make his ..."

5. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1859)
"... out any visible effort; and he gave us a sermon, which not only gratified but quite enraptured the whole congregation. Dr. Chandler's voice was not ..."

6. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1839)
"by that eye so brightly pure, Which speaks a heart as purely innocent, By that fair brow so sweetly eloquent, Or, half enraptured, shall I tell thee why Its ..."

7. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"He was so enraptured with his success, that he deemed it a duty to inform the President thut he belonged to one of the oldest noble houses in Germany. ..."

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