Bible Dictionaries
Rapture

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.

(2):

(n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.

(3):

(n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

(4):

(n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rapture'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rapture.html. 1828.