RAPT

ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic

(adjective) feeling great rapture or delight

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

rapt (comparative more rapt, superlative most rapt)

(uncomparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.

(uncomparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.

(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

Synonyms

• See also rapt

Verb

rapt (third-person singular simple present rapts, present participle rapting, simple past and past participle rapt or rapted)

(obsolete) To transport or ravish.

(obsolete) To carry away by force.

Noun

rapt (plural rapts)

(obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance.

(obsolete) Rapidity.

Anagrams

• TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rtPA, tarp, trap

Source: Wiktionary


Rapt,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

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, 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, v. i.

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

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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