enrapture
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have enrapturedperfect
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has enrapturedperfect 3rd person singular
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is enrapturingprogressive 3rd person singular
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has been enrapturingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been enrapturingperfect progressive
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enrapturingparticiple
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are enrapturingprogressive
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enrapturessingular 3rd person
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am enrapturingprogressive 1st person singular
Past
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had enrapturedperfect
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had been enrapturingperfect progressive
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were enrapturingprogressive plural
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enrapturedsimple
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was enrapturingprogressive singular
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enrapturedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of enrapture
Explanation
To enrapture someone is cast an irresistible spell over them, to make them feel "rapture." I was enraptured by her gorgeous voice and stunning way of interpreting a song. When you see the word "rapture," you know you're dealing with a pleasure so great it borders on the divine. The Rapture is, after all, what believers call the time when Jesus is meant to return and take them all to Heaven. So when someone enraptures another person, they're creating a feeling of wonder, enchantment, and delight that recalls that heavenly feeling. On our first date, I was so enraptured by his charm, humor, and good looks, I knew we would spend our lives together.
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Example Sentences
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Passages about Lord Byron’s anorexia and the invention of the first electric battery will enrapture a reader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
In "Killers of the Flower Moon" stars Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro enrapture the audience from start to finish with bone-chilling performances with real-life archival footage from Osage history as a backdrop.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023
A true storyteller, Nasstrom would enrapture his sons and their friends with stories of his travel around the “sport world.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021
"Mulan is not awful. It's just inert, a lifeless bit of product that will probably neither satisfy die-hards nor enrapture an entire new generation of fans."
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2020
His gestures are designed not to impress, enrapture or englamour the musical groundlings, but to convey his sharply defined wishes to his men and transmit to them the flaming enthusiasm that consumes him.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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