All 3 Uses of
rapture
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- With a sigh of rapture she relapsed into silence.
p. 21.3rapture = extreme happiness
- Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply.
p. 40.5 *
- All these raptured voyages of exploration were made in the odd half hours which she was allowed for play, and Anne talked Matthew and Marilla half-deaf over her discoveries.
p. 61.3raptured = extremely joyful
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