rapt
rapt definition
rapt (rapt)
adjective
- Now Rare carried away in body or spirit (to heaven, etc.)
- carried away with joy, love, etc.; enraptured
- completely absorbed or engrossed (in meditation, study, etc.)
- resulting from or showing rapture a rapt look
Etymology: L raptus, pp. of rapere, to snatch, seize: see rape
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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