rapt

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.

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

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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.

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rapt¹

adj

1. totally absorbed; engrossed; spellbound, esp through or as if through emotion rapt with wonder

2. characterized by or proceeding from rapture a rapt smile

[from Latin raptus carried away, from rapere to seize; see rape¹]

raptly  adv

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rapt²

adj

Also wrapped Austral and NZ informal very pleased: delighted

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rapt - feeling great rapture or delight ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

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rapt

adjective

1. spellbound, entranced, enthralled, engrossed, held, gripped, fascinated, absorbed, intent, preoccupied, carried away I noticed that everyone was watching me with rapt attention.
spellbound bored, detached, unaffected, unmoved, uninterested, uninvolved, left cold

2. rapturous, enchanted, captivated, bewitched, sent, transported, delighted, charmed, ecstatic, blissful, ravished, enraptured, blissed out He held his audience rapt.

Translations

rapt [ræpt] ADJ they were sitting with rapt attention → estaban sentados prestando mucha atención
he drew rapt audiences → cautivaba al público, dejaba al público embelesado
with a rapt expression on his face → con cara de embeleso
Claud was staring at me, rapt → Claud me miraba fijamente, absorto or embelesado

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rapt [ˈræpt] adj [attention] → sans faille
with rapt attention, in rapt attention → littéralement captivé(e)
Everybody was watching me with rapt attention → Tout le monde me regardait, littéralement captivé.
He listened in rapt attention → Il écoutait, littéralement captivé.
to be rapt in contemplation (= absorbed) → être perdu(e) dans sa contemplation

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rapt

adj interest → gespannt; attention → atemlos, höchste(r, s); person → gebannt, gespannt, hingerissen; audience → hingerissen, gespannt, in Bann geschlagen; look, smile → verzückt; rapt with concentration → atemlos vor Konzentration; rapt in contemplation/in thought → in Betrachtungen/Gedanken versunken

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rapt [ræpt] adj (person, face, expression) → rapito/a; (silence, attention) → profondo/a
to be rapt in contemplation → essere in estatica contemplazione

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rapt [ræpt] adj (person, face, expression) → rapito/a; (silence, attention) → profondo/a
to be rapt in contemplation → essere in estatica contemplazione

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rapt

adj rapt [rӕpt]

fascinated (usually in admiration) He listened to the speaker with rapt attention. gefassineerde مُنْتَشٍ، في حالَة إعْجاب وانْبِهار погълнат uchvácený betaget entzückt συνεπαρμένος absorto, embelesado vaimustatud مجذوب lumoutunut ravi שָׁקוּע तन्मयता ushićen, zanesen elmerült terpesona heillaður rapito うっとりとした 넋을 잃은 kupinas pasigėrėjimo, susižavėjęs aizgrābtībā tekun geboeid betatt, henrykt urzeczony enlevado fascinat; plin de încântare восхищённый zaujatý; uchvátený očaran ushićen hänförd, hänryckt ซึ่งมีใจจดจ่อ büyülenmiş, kendinden geçmiş 全神貫注的 захоплений سر مست chăm chú; say mê 全神贯注的