Rapture

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

II. Rapture ·noun A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

III. Rapture ·vt To transport with excitement; to Enrapture.

IV. Rapture ·noun 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.