rapt
Lifted up into the airLifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
» Tom listened with rapt attention.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
(comparable)Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
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.
hingerissen, gebannt, fasziniert
поглощённыйpogloščónnyj, восхищённыйvosxiščónnyj
(comparable)Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
He was rapt with his exam results.
begeistert, hingerissen, überschwänglich
(archaic, not comparable)Snatched, taken away; abducted.
- feeling great rapture or delight
- giving or marked by complete attention to
Examples
3 sentencesTom listened with rapt attention.
She was rapt in prayer.
I can see them over there paying rapt attention to every word that comes out of my mouth.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).
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