All 4 Uses of
rapture
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember.
p. 38.7rapture = extreme happiness
- The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture.
p. 53.6 *
- Often, when most miserable, I sank to repose, and my dreams lulled me even to rapture.
p. 208.0
- The Greeks wept for joy when they beheld the Mediterranean from the hills of Asia, and hailed with rapture the boundary of their toils.
p. 209.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(rapture as in: listened with rapture) intense desired emotion -- usually extreme happiness
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(2)
(rapture as in: awaiting the Rapture) belief of some Christian denominations in a second coming of Jesus when believers are expected to go to Heaven