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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
enrapture .
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Examples
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American Gods is a compelling, driving novel that enraptures the reader.
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That principle enraptures and exhilarates her ever-growing base.
Ami Fields-Meyer: Leaving God at the Door -- Why Michele Bachmann Needs to Reaffirm Kennedy's Promise Ami Fields-Meyer 2011
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We may well be paying our share of the price now, as anti-American sentiment enraptures an entire generation.
Neetu Mahil: Re-channeling the Energy of Homegrown Terrorists 2010
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That's the odd thing about Luther: everyone sees the same qualities in the programme, but what enrages some viewers enraptures others.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2010
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An Education/UK (Director: Lone Scherfig; Screenwriter: Nick Hornby) — In the early 60s, a sharp 16-year-old with sights set on Oxford meets a handsome older man whose sophistication enraptures and sidetracks both her and her parents.
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That's the odd thing about Luther: everyone sees the same qualities in the programme, but what enrages some viewers enraptures others.
Archive 2010-06-01 Tim Stretton 2010
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We may well be paying our share of the price now, as anti-American sentiment enraptures an entire generation.
Neetu Mahil: Re-channeling the Energy of Homegrown Terrorists 2010
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Romantic love breaks out like a wildfire and enraptures each person.
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Sport so enraptures the public that our youth and high school athletes are a captive audience -- perhaps more captive than in a classroom or house of worship -- for life lessons in persistence, teamwork, courage, compassion and many other traits that mark contributing members of our society.
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This theory enraptures Wall Street, yet alienates Main Street.
Chris Gunn: Small Businesses Short Changed on Stimulus Funds 2009
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