Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To fill with rapture or delight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move to rapture; transport with pleasure; delight beyond measure; ravish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To fill with great
delight or joy; tofascinate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hold spellbound
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Examples
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On Loopita, the german artist platform Raster-Noton enrapture the audience again, exihibiting all the collective´s positive boldness regarding music and electronic images.
Cobertura OFFF/09 Red 2009
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And although one would be amazed at the prodigious child who could follow to the letter its snaky progress, it captures brilliantly that moment when adults enrapture children by behaving like children themselves.
Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie - review Alex Clark 2010
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The Hand That First Held Mine will no doubt enrapture you, just as it has me.
The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell: Book summary 2010
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Subjectively, this manifests itself in the perception that the "feelings" elicited by art and music are in fact the ACTUAL feelings the artist felt, somehow, dizzyingly 'captured' by the work, immortalized, held in 'static communion' by the canvas, or musical recording, or camera... and now able to enrapture and enchant us indefinitely.
Jason Silva: On Creativity, Marijuana and "a Butterfly Effect in Thought" Jason Silva 2011
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On Loopita, the german artist platform Raster-Noton enrapture the audience again, exihibiting all the collective´s positive boldness regarding music and electronic images.
Archive 2009-05-01 Red 2009
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She cups one in her hands and the colors swirl and unfurl, capture and enrapture.
Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010
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Once in Neverland, the surrounding computer-generated scenery continues to enrapture, surrounding both the audience and the 23 living actors.
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But the harrowing psychological investigation he embarks upon is told seemingly without effort, through words that intoxicate, scenes that enrapture, and ideas that ensnare.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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“Robert Dunbar has the unique personal vision, command of language, and atmospheric style to enrapture you in the wildest, deepest nightmare.”
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“Robert Dunbar has the unique personal vision, command of language, and atmospheric style to enrapture you in the wildest, deepest nightmare.”
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