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enravishment

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Etymology

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From enravish +‎ -ment.

Noun

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enravishment (countable and uncountable, plural enravishments)

  1. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy or bliss.
    • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; [], London: [] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden [], →OCLC:
      they contract a kind of splendour from the seemingly obscuring veil; which adds to the enravishments of her transported admirers

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