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(1):

(n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.

(2):

(v. t.) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

(3):

(n.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.

(4):

(n.) Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

(5):

(n.) The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ecstasy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/ecstasy.html. 1828.
 
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