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   Rapt

   /rap(t)/

   

   adjective

   • 1. completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing: "Andrew looked at her, rapt" Similar fascinatedenthralledspellboundcaptivatedrivetedgrippedmesmerizedenchantedentrancedcharmedbewitchedtransportedenrapturedthrilledecstaticrapturousinformal:blissed outOpposite uninterestedinattentive
   • ▪ indicating or 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
   • 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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