rapt
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/ˈɹæpt/
English
Definitions
noun
- An ecstasy; a trance.
- Rapidity.
verb
- To transport or ravish.
- To carry away by force.
adjective
- Snatched, taken away; abducted.
- Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
- Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.“1998, Derel Leebaert, Present at the Creation, Derek Leebaert (editor), The Future of the Electronic Marketplace, page 24,”
- Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.“He was rapt with his exam results.”
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Synonyms
absorbedengrossedenrapturedmovedattentivewrappedintentenwrappedenthralledmesmerizedentrancedintowraptapprehendedupcaughtcaptivate