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rapt

Pronunciation: /ˈɹæpt/

The English word “rapt” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

verb

  1. To transport or ravish.
  2. To carry away by force.

noun

  1. An ecstasy; a trance.
  2. Rapidity.

Etymology

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

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