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Bible Dictionaries
Rapture
Webster's Dictionary
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(1):
(v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
(4):
(n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rapture'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rapture.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rapture'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rapture.html. 1828.
