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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : en-rapt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈræpt |
Definition of enrapt
Origin :- c.1600, "carried away by (prophetic) ecstasy," past participle adjective from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + rapt (see rapture).
- As in attentive : adj concentrating
- She was so enrapt by him now in this first burst of affection that she could see nothing but him.
- Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser
- She gazed steadily upward, enrapt, her eyes resplendent with their own starlight.
- Extract from : « The Two Vanrevels » by Booth Tarkington
- When the clear old voice quavered into silence there was not a dry eye left among the enrapt listeners.
- Extract from : « The Brass Bound Box » by Evelyn Raymond
- To Mossgiel, where Burns reached the top and summit of his art and wrote like one enrapt, inspired.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- They listened with the most enrapt attention, while for four hours I talked to them of some of the truths of this glorious verse.
- Extract from : « By Canoe and Dog-Train » by Egerton Ryerson Young
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