Category:Rapt

Rapt,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of rap, to snatch away.

Rapt Rapt, a.

1. Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser.

2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured. "the Rapt musician." Longfellow. 3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in Work or meditation. "rapt in secret studies." Shak.

Rapt Rapt, n. Etym: [from f. rapt abduction, rape, l. raptus, fr. rapere To seize and carry off, to transport; or fr. E. rapt, a. See rapt, A., and rapid.]

1. An ecstasy; a trance. [obs.] Bp. Morton.

2. Rapidity. [obs.] Sir t. Browne.

Rapt Rapt, v. i.

1. To transport or ravish. [obs.] Drayton.

2. To carry away by force. [obs.] Daniel.