enrapture

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ɛnˈɹæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -æpt͡ʃə(ɹ)

Verb

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

(transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.

Related terms

rapture

Translations

to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate

Bulgarian: очаровам (bg) (očarovam)
Dutch: in vervoering brengen
German: hinreißen (de), entzücken (de), verzücken (de), begeistern (de)
Hebrew: (metaphoric) סָחַף‎ (he) m (saḥáf)
Hungarian: elragadtat (hu), lenyűgöz (hu), magával ragad, elbűvöl (hu), megigéz (hu)
Ido: ravisar (io)
Italian: rapire (it), incantare (it), affascinare (it)
Maori: manawarū
Polish: zachwycić (pl), oczarować (pl)
Russian: очаровывать (ru) (očarovyvatʹ)
Spanish: arrobar (es), embelesar (es), cautivar (es), embrujar (es), transportar (es), extasiar (es)
Swedish: hänföra (sv), hänrycka

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