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Common Entrance Examination, the (oh) and ecstasy (medicine)


Common Entrance Examination, the (oh)



an examination in the UK, taken in preparatory schools by children between the ages of 12 and 14, in order to be able to go to a public school (=expensive private school)

ecstasy (medicine)


ecstasy


Origin: 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. "That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy." (Shak) "Our words will but increase his ecstasy." (Marlowe)

4. <medicine> 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.

Source: Websters Dictionary