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enrapture

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈɹæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • /ɛnˈɹæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æptʃə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: EH0 N R AE1 P CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

hold spellbound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enchant, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: please, delight

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English rapture English enrapture From en- + rapture.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: очаровам (očarovam) — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Dutch: in vervoering brengen — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Esperanto: ravi — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • German: hinreißen — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • German: entzücken — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • German: verzücken — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • German: begeistern — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Hebrew: סָחַף (saḥáf) — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Hungarian: elragadtat — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Hungarian: lenyűgöz — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Hungarian: magával ragad — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Hungarian: elbűvöl — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Hungarian: megigéz — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Ido: ravisar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Italian: rapire — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Italian: incantare — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Italian: affascinare — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Kazakh: таңғалту (tañğaltu) — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Māori: manawarū — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Polish: zachwycić — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Polish: oczarować — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Russian: очаровывать (očarovyvatʹ) — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Russian: вызывать симпатию (vyzyvatʹ simpatiju) — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: arrobar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: embelesar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: cautivar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: embrujar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: transportar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: extasiar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Spanish: enajenar — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Swedish: hänföra — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate
  • Swedish: hänrycka — to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate