rapt
IPA: rˈæpt
noun
- (obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance.
- (obsolete) Rapidity.
verb
- (obsolete) To transport or ravish.
- (obsolete) To carry away by force.
adjective
- (not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.
- (not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
- (comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
- (comparable) Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
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Examples of "rapt" in Sentences
- That is the look of rapt.
- People are rapt with the movie.
- Finally, the writing is a little rapt for me.
- All the people heard him with rapt attention.
- I was reading your user page with rapt attention.
- The crowd are rapt and greet him enthusiastically.
- There was no laughter, no smiles, and rapt, silent attention.
- He watches the Apu trilogy on successive nights in a state of rapt absorption.
- He would serve them and listen to their religious debates with rapt attention.
- Jimmy is portrayed rapt in conversation with a colourfully dressed gypsy woman.