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Pronunciation : Rapt
Definition : Defn: imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rapt
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rapt
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.

2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rapt
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913