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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rapt

Adjective

1. totally engrossed: rapt attention

2. arising from or showing rapture: with a rapt look on his face [Latin raptus carried away]

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 << OPPOSITE uninterested

adjective 2. rapturous, enchanted, captivated, bewitched, sent, transported, delighted, charmed, ecstatic, blissful, ravished, enraptured, blissed out

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

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rapt

adj rapt [rӕpt]

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