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rapt(1) (iou)



rapt adjective. [rapt] LME.
[Latin raptus pa. pple of rapere seize, RAPE verb. Cf. RAPT verb.]
a. Carried away by force; (of a woman) raped. LME-M17.
b. Removed from one place or situation to another. Now poet. M16.
W. Irving The aspiring family was rapt out of sight in a whirlwind.
Christian Theology. Transported up or into heaven. arch. LME.
C. Kingsley He was rapt up on high and saw S. Peter.
a. Transported in spirit by religious feeling or inspiration. LME.
Wordsworth Rapt into still communion. S. Cox St Paul when he was rapt in the spirit into Paradise.
b. gen. Transported with or with joy, intense delight, etc., enraptured; Austral. colloq. very pleased. M16.
R. P. Jhabvala She..shut her eyes and seemed rapt..with longing and desire.
Absorbed, enthralled, intent. Cf. wrapped, wrapt pa. pple of WRAP verb. E16.
W. Gass My..friend, rapt in a recollection of her youth that lasted seven courses.
Indicating, proceeding from, or characterized by a state of rapture. L18.
G. Clare We listened with rapt attention. M. Gardiner The rapt look on his face, his eyes unseeing, utterly absorbed and delighted.
raptly adverb (a) quickly; (b) (rare) rapturously; (c) intently, absorbedly: M17.
raptness noun (a) swiftness; (b) rapt condition: L16.