Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete)To transport or ravish.

  2. (obsolete)To carry away by force.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom listened with rapt attention.

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  2. She was rapt in prayer.

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  3. I can see them over there paying rapt attention to every word that comes out of my mouth.

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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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Forms

rapts, rapting, rapted, rapted
Base formrapt · to rapt
3rd person singularrapts
Present participlerapting
Past simplerapted / rapt
Past participlerapted / rapt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrapt
he, she, itrapts

Past simpleLesson

all personsrapted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rapted
he, she, ithas rapted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rapt

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rappelrapperrapportC1rapprochementraptureC2rapunzelrareB1
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