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  • 31Saint Mary Magdalen De' Pazzi —     St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi     Carmelite Virgin, born 2 April, 1566; died 25 May, 1607. Of outward events there were very few in the saint s life. She came of two noble families, her… …

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  • 32Рейнольдс, Саймон — Саймон Рейнольдс Simon Reynolds …

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  • 33rapture — noun (U) 1 great excitement and happiness: He stared with rapture at his baby son. 2 go into raptures to express great pleasure and happiness about something (+ over/about/at): She went into raptures about the climate, the food, the spring… …

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  • 34rapture — /ˈræptʃə / (say rapchuh) noun 1. ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. 2. (often plural) an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight. 3. Obsolete the carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence, especially from earth to… …

  • 35be in rapture — be in rapture/raptures/ phrase to be in an extremely happy or excited state, and show this by what you say They were all in raptures over the new baby. Thesaurus: to show or express emotionssynonym Main entry: rapture …

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  • 36rap·ture — /ˈræpʧɚ/ noun, pl tures literary + formal : a state or feeling of great happiness, pleasure, or love [noncount] We listened with rapture as the orchestra played. a smile of rapture He listened to the wind in the trees, his eyes closed in rapture …

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  • 37Enthusiastic — En*thu si*as tic, Enthusiastical En*thu si*as tic*al, a. [Gr. ? .] Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art. Enthusiastical raptures. Calamy. {En*thu si*as tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] A… …

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  • 38Enthusiastical — Enthusiastic En*thu si*as tic, Enthusiastical En*thu si*as tic*al, a. [Gr. ? .] Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art. Enthusiastical raptures. Calamy. {En*thu si*as tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913… …

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  • 39Enthusiastically — Enthusiastic En*thu si*as tic, Enthusiastical En*thu si*as tic*al, a. [Gr. ? .] Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art. Enthusiastical raptures. Calamy. {En*thu si*as tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913… …

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  • 40Waken — Wak en, v. t. 1. To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to awaken. Go, waken Eve. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken. [1913 Webster] Then Homer s and Tyrt[ae]us martial muse Wakened the world.… …

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