"rapt" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹæpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rapt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more rapt [comparative], most rapt [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|raptus}} Latin raptus, {{m|la|rapio||to seize}} rapio (“to seize”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} rapt (comparative more rapt, superlative most rapt)
  1. (not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-adj--Zp2qlRh Disambiguation of Emotions: 40 0 0 28 27 2 2 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 2 2 3 6 9 4 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 3 5 4 9 14 6 5
  2. (not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-adj-Cdhq~yim
  3. (comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed. Tags: comparable Translations (very interested; fascinated): погълнат (pogǎlnat) (Bulgarian), задълбочен (zadǎlbočen) (Bulgarian), embadalit (Catalan), uchvácen [masculine] (Czech), pohroužen (Czech), uchvácený (Czech), fascinovaný (Czech), kisteglad (Danish), gefascineerd (Dutch), captivé (French), absorbé (French), fasciné (French), hingerissen (German), gebannt (German), fasziniert (German), מרותק (Hebrew), fascinat (Romanian), поглощённый (pogloščónnyj) (Russian), восхищённый (vosxiščónnyj) (Russian), absorto (Spanish), embelesado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-adj-IojMdtRg Disambiguation of 'very interested; fascinated': 3 1 96 1
  4. (comparable) Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy. Tags: comparable Translations (enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy): увлечен (uvlečen) (Bulgarian), възхитен (vǎzhiten) (Bulgarian), extasiat (Catalan), uchvácený (Czech), kisteglad (Danish), innoissaan (Finnish), ravi (French), begeistert (German), hingerissen (German), überschwänglich (German), enthusiastisch (German), rekareka (Maori), wniebowzięty (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-adj-i1GSuxw9 Disambiguation of 'enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy': 3 1 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rapt, enthralled, entranced, hypnotized, mesmerized, transfixed Related terms: rapture

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹæpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rapt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rapts [plural]
Rhymes: -æpt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|raptus}} Latin raptus, {{m|la|rapio||to seize}} rapio (“to seize”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rapt (plural rapts)
  1. (obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-noun-FYn1m4NR
  2. (obsolete) Rapidity. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-noun-utQKtF7a

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹæpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rapt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rapts [present, singular, third-person], rapting [participle, present], rapted [participle, past], rapted [past], rapt [participle, past], rapt [past]
Rhymes: -æpt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|raptus}} Latin raptus, {{m|la|rapio||to seize}} rapio (“to seize”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=rapt}} rapt (third-person singular simple present rapts, present participle rapting, simple past and past participle rapted or rapt)
  1. (obsolete) To transport or ravish. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-verb-Vl-LnE-Q
  2. (obsolete) To carry away by force. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-rapt-en-verb-CP1PJSSQ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 2nd edition, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Preface",
          "text": "[…] like the great exemplary wheeles of heaven, we must observe two Circles: that while we are daily carried about, and whirled on by the swinge and rapt of the one, we may maintain a naturall and proper course, in the slow and sober wheele of the other.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rapidity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rapidity",
          "rapidity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Rapidity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹæpt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æpt"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rapped"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wrapped"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wrapt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rapt"
}

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