enrapture

Etymology

en- + rapture

verb

1. (transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
   Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.
   The pace came off the match as the first half continued, with the occasional frenetic moment down the flanks enlivening what otherwise became a chess-like tactical battle. But as is the magic of football, this beautiful game that enraptures so many of us, that it only took one of those split-second moments to change everything. 2023-08-07, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian