Rapt (?),
imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
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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.
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Rapt, n. [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.
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Rapt, v. i.
1.
To transport or ravish.
[Obs.]
Drayton.
2.
To carry away by force.
[Obs.]
Daniel.
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