rapt.
Snatched, taken away; abducted.
Meaning & usage
Snatched, taken away; abducted.
Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
He was rapt with his exam results.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).
To transport or ravish.
To carry away by force.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).
An ecstasy; a trance.
Rapidity.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).
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