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rapt  (rpt)
v.
Past participle of rap2.
adj.
1. Deeply moved or delighted; enraptured: listened to the speaker with rapt admiration.
2. Deeply absorbed; engrossed: was rapt in thought all evening.

[Middle English, carried away, from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]

rapt·ly adv.
Word History: One might be surprised to learn that rapt, a word used in describing states of deep delight or absorption, has a relative with an entirely different emotive forcerape. Now most often used to mean "to force someone to submit to sexual acts," rape once had a much broader application, as it meant "to seize, carry off." In fact, it was often used in positive and nonviolent contexts. From the Middle English period, we have examples of its being used to mean "to carry off to heaven from earth," as in "the visions of seynt poul wan [when] he was rapt in to paradys." As this quotation shows, rapt started out as the past participle of rape. As time went on, rapt became restricted to mental or emotional states, while rape developed a new past participle, raped, and became limited to criminal or violent acts.

rapt
Adjective
1. totally engrossed: rapt attention
2. arising from or showing rapture: with a rapt look on his face [Latin raptus carried away]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rapt - feeling great rapture or delight
joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

rapt
Translations

rapt [ræpt] adj [attention] → profundo;
to be rapt in contemplation → estar ensimismado
rapt [ræpt] adj [attention] → extrême;
to be rapt in contemplation → être perdu(e) dans la contemplation
rapt [ræpt] adj (attention) → gespannt;
to be rapt in thought → in Gedanken versunken sein
rapt [ræpt] adj [attention] → rapito/a, profondo/a;
to be rapt in contemplation → essere in estatica contemplazione

rapt
adj rapt [rӕpt]
fascinated (usually in admiration) He listened to the speaker with rapt attention.gefassineerdeمُنْتَشٍ، في حالَة إعْجاب وانْبِهارпогълнатuchvácenýbetagetentzücktσυνεπαρμένοςabsorto, embelesadovaimustatudمجذوبhaltioitunutraviשָׁקוּעतन्मयताushićen, zanesenelmerültterpesonaheillaðurrapitoうっとりとした골몰한, 넋을 잃은kupinas pasigėrėjimo, susižavėjęsaizgrābtībātekungeboeidbetatt, henrykturzeczonyenlevadofascinat; plin de încântareвосхищённыйzaujatý; uchvátenýočaranushićenhänförd, hänrycktซึ่งมีใจจดจ่อbüyülenmiş, kendinden geçmiş全神貫注的захопленийسر مستchăm chú; say mê

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That office consists in mincing the horse-pieces of blubber for the pots; an operation which is conducted at a curious wooden horse, planted endwise against the bulwarks, and with a capacious tub beneath it, into which the minced pieces drop, fast as the sheets from a rapt orator's desk.
O charms more potent than the rapt Chaldee Ever drew down from out the quiet stars!
He was watching Pollyanna's rapt face a little curiously.
 
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