Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

2. (n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.

3. (n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

4. (v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.