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adjective. en· rapt in-ˈrapt. en- Synonyms of enrapt. : wholly absorbed with rapture. Synonyms. ecstatic. elated. elevated. enraptured. entranced. euphoric. exhilarated. giddy. heady. intoxicated. rapturous. rhapsodical. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of enrapt in a Sentence.
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Enrapt definition: rapt; transported; enraptured. See examples of ENRAPT used in a sentence.
rapt (adj.) late 14c., "carried away in an ecstatic trance," from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere "seize, carry off" (see rape (v.)). A figurative sense, the notion is of being "carried up into Heaven" (bodily or in a dream), as in a saint's vision.
Word origin. [ 1600–10; en-1 + rapt] This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: adaptation, criticism, operate, quarantine, setup en- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with the general ...
The meaning of RAPT is lifted up and carried away. How to use rapt in a sentence. lifted up and carried away; transported with emotion : enraptured; wholly absorbed : engrossed…
enrapt in American English. (enˈræpt) adjective. rapt; transported; enraptured. a violinist's enrapt audience. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
The earliest known use of the adjective enrapt is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for enrapt is from 1609, in the writing of William Shakespeare, playwright and poet.
