noun
Meaning 1
A state of rapture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
raptus
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UK: /ˈɹaptəs/
noun
Meaning 2
A seizure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion- Charles Dickens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotional state, spirit
noun
Meaning 4
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he suffered an epileptic seizure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seizure, ictus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attack
Narrower terms: convulsion, focal seizure, raptus hemorrhagicus, absence, absence seizure
History
Etymology
From Latin raptus, from rapio (“seize”).