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Grammar : Adj
Spell : rapt
Phonetic Transcription : ræpt



Definition of rapt

Origin :
  • late 14c., "carried away in an ecstatic trance," from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere "seize, carry off" (see rape (v.)). A figurative sense, the notion is of "carried up into Heaven (bodily or in a dream)," as in a saint's vision. Latin literal sense of "carried away" was in English from 1550s. In 15c.-17c. the word also sometimes could mean "raped." Sense of "engrossed" first recorded c.1500. As a past participle adjective, in English it spawned the back-formed verb rap "to affect with rapture," which was common c.1600-1750.
  • adj absorbed, fascinated
Example sentences :
  • Every woman will read the story of my life with rapt attention because of the Secret.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • That night, she lay awake for one rapt hour, and then she slept the sleep of conquerors.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Dorcas was alive to the rapt contagion, and her own blood thrilled.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • We stood in rapt contemplation for a few moments, and then walked away.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • His ear drank in the voice of the tempest; he was rapt in attention to the roaring thunder.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Wrayson involuntarily followed the direction of their rapt gaze.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • As for me, I was too big to run, too rapt to resist the magic and surprise.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • One man was talking, and the rest were listening with rapt interest.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • She dropped her hand, and glided toward him, while he watched her, curious and rapt.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • He spoke in rapt sentences, as if he were looking on a vision.
  • Extract from : « Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland » by Daniel Turner Holmes

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