† enˈravishing, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ing2.]
That enravishes; enrapturing, delightful.
| 1681–6 J. Scott Chr. Life V. 30 The most sublime and enravishing objects. 1685 H. More Illustration 376 Such enravishing news. a 1714 Abp. Sharp Serm. Wks. (1829) I. 55 These [the pleasures of religion] are of so excellent a kind, so delicious, so enravishing that, etc. |
Hence enˈravishingly adv.
| 1687 H. More App. Antid. (1712) 221 The subtilty of the Matter [spiritual matter] will more..enravishingly move the Nerves, than any terrestrial Body can possibly. |