enrapture

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɛnˈræpʧɚ/ UK /ɪnˈræpʧə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to fill with intense delight; to captivate

The soprano's voice seemed to enrapture the entire audience.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to fill with intense... captivate enchant entrance delight enthrall transport ravish

Opposites

bore repel disgust disenchant

Word family

Derived forms enrapturedenrapturement

Related forms rapture rapt enrapt

Etymology

From en- (causative) + rapture, from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere ('to seize, carry off').

raptus Latin rapere Latin

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# enrapture

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɛnˈræpʧɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈræpʧə/

## Meanings
1. to fill with intense delight; to captivate

## Examples
- The soprano's voice seemed to enrapture the entire audience.

## Synonyms
- captivate
- enchant
- entrance
- delight
- enthrall
- transport
- ravish

## Antonyms
- bore
- repel
- disgust
- disenchant

## Derived Forms
- enraptured
- enrapturement

## Related Forms
- rapture
- rapt
- enrapt

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: raptus
- Root: rapere

## Etymology
From en- (causative) + rapture, from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere ('to seize, carry off').

## AI Etymology
Enrapture comes from en- (causative) + rapture, from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere ('to seize, carry off'). Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as a verb meaning "to fill with intense delight; to captivate", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as enraptured and enrapturement and related forms such as rapture, rapt, and enrapt, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin raptus and Latin rapere, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by captivate, enchant, entrance, and delight on one side and contrasts such as bore, repel, and disgust on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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