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    [Adjective]  | "rapt" | \ ˈrapt \


    1: lifted up and carried away

    2: transported with emotion : enraptured

    3: wholly absorbed : engrossed


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, "carried off (of a soul to heaven)," borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere "to seize and carry off, take away by force, carry or sweep along" (Medieval Latin also "to carry away [a soul to heaven]") {mat|rapid:1|};

    [Verb]  | "rap" 


    1: to snatch away or upward

    2: enrapture


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Back-formation from rapt;

    [Verb]  | "rap" 


    1: to strike with a sharp blow

    2: to utter suddenly and forcibly

    3: to cause to be or come by raps


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "rapt" 


    1: experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion;


      * e.g., " ... a rock band that still attracts rapt crowds of aging baby boomers "





    2: having the mind fixed on something;


      * e.g., " ... with a mixture of delight and awe, the rapt children stared at the chick in the incubator breaking out of its shell "





     [ "rapt" ]

    1: Australian surfer slang, means excited.

      * e.g.,  ... "oooo dude im so totally rapt" 

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