rapt

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹæpt/ Rhymes: -æpt Homophones: rapped, wrapped, wrapt === Adjective === rapt (comparative more rapt or (less common) rapter, superlative most rapt or (less common) raptest) (not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted. (not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven. (comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed. 1851-2, George W. M. Reynolds, The Necromancer, in Reynolds′s Miscellany, republished 1857; 2008, page 247, It was an enthusiasm of the most rapt and holy kind. (comparable) Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy. 2010, Michael Reichert, Richard Hawley, Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys: Strategies that Work—and Why, John Wiley & Sons, US, page 121, Even in the most rapt accounts of independent student work, there appears an appreciative acknowledgment of the teacher′s having determined just the right amount of room necessary to build autonomy without risking frustration and failure. 2012, Greig Caigou, Wild Horizons: More Great Hunting Adventures, HarperCollins (New Zealand), unnumbered page, These are worthy aspects of the hunt to give some consideration to with the next generation, because market forces want us to get more rapt with ever more sophisticated gear and an algorithmic conquering of animal instinct. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:rapt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== rapture ==== Translations ==== === Verb === rapt (third-person singular simple present rapts, present participle rapting, simple past and past participle rapted or rapt) (obsolete) To transport or ravish. (obsolete) To carry away by force. 1819-20, Washington Irving, The Spectre Bridegroom, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., reprinted in 1840, The Works of Washington Irving, Volume 1, page 256, His only daughter had either been rapt away to the grave, or he was to have some wood-demon for a son-in-law, and, perchance, a troop of goblin grandchildren. === Noun === rapt (plural rapts) (obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance. (obsolete) Rapidity. === Anagrams === TRAP, part, part., patr-, prat, rtPA, tarp, trap == Danish == === Adjective === rapt neuter singular of rap === Adverb === rapt quickly, rapidly == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin raptus. Compare ravir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁapt/ === Noun === rapt m (plural rapts) kidnapping, abduction Synonym: enlèvement ==== Related terms ==== ravir === Further reading === “rapt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === rapa, rapet === Verb === rapt past participle of rape == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French rapt, from Latin raptus. === Noun === rapt n (plural rapturi) kidnapping, abduction ==== Declension ====