rapt
rapt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
- 4.An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.
- 5.Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
- 6.To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton.
- 7.To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser called?
- What is transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured. "The rapt musician." Longfellow called?
- What is wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation. "Rapt in secret studies." Shak called?
- What is an ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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