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How to pronounce “rapture”

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Pronunciation guide for rapture

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of rapture with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The gospel of doubtthat if I was not taken in the rapture at midnight,
Definition summary: Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

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The gospel of doubt

that if I was not taken in the rapture at midnight,

[Noun]
Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
(Christianity with the) Alternative letter-case form of Rapture.
(obsolete) The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
(obsolete) Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.
(obsolete) The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.
A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
[Verb]
(dated, transitive) To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
(dated, intransitive) To experience great happiness or excitement.
(transitive) To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
(rare, intransitive) To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
(uncommon) To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.

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