enrapture

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Etymology

From en- +‎ rapture.

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enrapture (third-person singular simple present enraptures, present participle enrapturing, simple past and past participle enraptured)

  1. (transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
    Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.
    • 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian‎:
      The pace came off the match as the first half continued, with the occasional frenetic moment down the flanks enlivening what otherwise became a chess-like tactical battle. But as is the magic of football, this beautiful game that enraptures so many of us, that it only took one of those split-second moments to change everything.

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