Rapt Definition

răpt
adjective
Deeply moved or delighted; enraptured.
Listened to the speaker with rapt admiration.
American Heritage
Carried away in body or spirit (to heaven, etc.)
Webster's New World
Deeply absorbed; engrossed.
Was rapt in thought all evening.
American Heritage
Carried away with joy, love, etc.; enraptured.
Webster's New World
Completely absorbed or engrossed (in meditation, study, etc.)
Webster's New World
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verb

(obsolete) To transport or ravish.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To carry away by force.

Wiktionary
noun

(obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) Rapidity.

Wiktionary

Origin of Rapt

  • Middle English carried away from Latin raptus past participle of rapere to seize rep- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin raptor (“robber"), from Latin rapere (“seize")

    From Wiktionary

Rapt Sentence Examples

  • She gazed at the room in rapt silence.

  • Jessi was listening in rapt attention.

  • She gazed up at him in rapt silence.

  • He stood beside her and they both watched mother natures' display in rapt silence.

  • He stopped the ATV again and they got off, both gazing in rapt silence.

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Words Starting With

RRARAP

Words Ending With

TPTAPT

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