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Meaning of rapt

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rapt

Pronunciation:/ˈɹæpt/

noun

Definitions

  1. An ecstasy; a trance.

  2. Rapidity.

verb

Definitions

  1. To transport or ravish.

  2. To carry away by force.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Snatched, taken away; abducted.

  2. Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.

  3. Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

    Example: 1998, Derel Leebaert, Present at the Creation, Derek Leebaert (editor), The Future of the Electronic Marketplace, page 24,

  4. Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

    Example: He was rapt with his exam results.