RAPT

n. a. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

2.
a.

Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser.

3.
a.

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.

4.
n.

An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.

5.
n.

Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

6.
v.

To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton.

7.
v.

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

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