01 n. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
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1.
A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.[Obs.]“That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With headlong rapture.” — Chapman.
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2.
The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.“Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture.” — Addison.“You grow correct that once with rapture writ.” — Pope.
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3.
A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.[Obs.]
Syn.
Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.