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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.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › raptRAPT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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

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

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   3 meanings: 1. totally absorbed; engrossed; spellbound, esp through or as if through emotion 2. characterized by or proceeding.... Click for more definitions.

6. 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.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › raptRapt - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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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.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › raptRapt - definition of rapt by The Free Dictionary

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   adj. 1. deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener. 2. transported with emotion; enraptured.