enravish means to enrapture. It carries an Arena rating of 1576, earned across 66 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, enravish ranks #3,425 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #3,895 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #5,004 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #5,814 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
enravish is pronounced /ɪnˈɹævɪʃ/.
Why “enravish” is a great word
ENRAVISH — [Verb] To fill with intense delight; to enrapture or transport. From the English prefix en- (meaning 'to put into a state of') + ravish (from Old French *ravir*, 'to seize, carry away', ultimately from Latin *rapere*, 'to seize, snatch'). First recorded in 1590–1600, used by Edmund Spenser in 1596. Unlike captivate, which suggests a sustained, intellectual charm, or delight, which denotes a general pleasure, to enravish is to be seized by a sudden, ecstatic theft of the senses. It is the scent of rain on hot earth stopping you mid-stride, the shocking note of a nightingale in a silent wood, or the precise chord that dissolves all thought—a momentary abduction from the self, leaving only ravished stillness in its wake.
Etymology
From en- + ravish.
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