3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ecstasy \Ec"sta*sy\, v. t.
To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [Obs.]
The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. --Jer.
Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ecstasy \Ec"sta*sy\, n.; pl {Ecstasies}. [F. extase, L.
ecstasis, fr Gr ?, fr ? to put out of place derange; ? =
? out + ? to set stand See {Ex-}, and {Stand}.] [Also
written {extasy}.]
1. 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.
Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy. --Dryden.
This is the very ecstasy of love. --Shak.
2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture;
enthusiastic delight.
He on the tender grass Would sit and hearken even
to ecstasy. --Milton.
3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive
grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs.]
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy. --Shak.
Our words will but increase his ecstasy. --Marlowe.
4. (Med.) 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. --Mayne.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ecstasy
n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion:
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
Dickens [syn: {rapture}, {transport}, {exaltation}]
2: a state of elated bliss [syn: {repture}]
3: a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but to
avoid the drug laws [syn: {methylenedioxymethamphetamine},
{MDMA}, {Adam}]
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