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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
1 May 2025
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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