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   rapt

   /rapt/

   adjective

   • 1. completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing or hearing: "a rapt teenage audience" Similar fascinatedenthralledspellboundcaptivatedrivetedgrippedmesmerizedenchantedentrancedcharmedbewitchedtransportedenrapturedthrilledecstaticrapturousinformal:blissed outOpposite uninterestedinattentive
   • ▪ characterized by a state of fascination: "they listened with rapt attention" Similar engrossedabsorbedlostpreoccupiedin a brown studyintent
   • ▪ filled with an intense and pleasurable emotion; enraptured: "she shut her eyes and seemed rapt with desire" Similar fascinatedenthralledspellboundcaptivatedrivetedgrippedmesmerizedenchantedentrancedcharmedbewitchedtransportedenrapturedthrilledecstaticrapturousinformal:blissed outOpposite uninterestedinattentive
   • ▪ another term for wrapped informal Australian, New Zealand
   • 2. having been carried away bodily or transported to heaven: archaic "he was rapt on high"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘transported by religious feeling’): from Latin raptus ‘seized’, past participle of rapere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. raptly adverb
   • 2. raptness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRAPT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   RAPT definition: 1. giving complete attention, or showing complete involvement, or (of attention) complete: 2…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of RAPT is lifted up and carried away. How to use rapt in a sentence. lifted up and carried away; transported with emotion : enraptured; wholly absorbed : engrossed…

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   Rapt definition: deeply engrossed or absorbed. See examples of RAPT used in a sentence.

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   To be rapt is to be carried away, caught up, or otherwise engrossed in something. If a performer is really good or particularly mesmerizing, the audience will be totally rapt. Rapt developed from the Latin raptus, meaning to “seize, carry off."

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRAPT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Definition of 'rapt' Word Frequency. rapt. (ræpt ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If someone watches or listens with rapt attention, they are extremely interested or fascinated. [literary] I noticed that everyone was watching me with rapt attention. Delegates sat in rapt silence as Mrs Fisher spoke. Phillips had a rapt expression on his face.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionrapt adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Definition of rapt adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRAPT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   RAPT meaning: 1. giving complete attention, or showing complete involvement, or (of attention) complete: 2…. Learn more.