rapt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Snatched, taken away; abducted.
Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

verb

noun

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rapt more rapt most rapt rapts rapting rapted

Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).

absorbed bewitched captivated enchanted engaged engrossed enthralled entranced fascinated hypnotized interested mesmerized rapt spellbound transfixed

apathetic uninterested unconcerned

rapture

enrapt raptly raptness unrapt

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