ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic
(adjective) feeling great rapture or delight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• See also rapt
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.
rapt (plural rapts)
(obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance.
(obsolete) Rapidity.
• 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
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
