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(rpt), imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away. Rapt a. 1. Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser. 2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured. "The rapt musician." Longfellow. 3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation. "Rapt in secret studies." Shak. Rapt n.[From F. rapt abduction, rape, L. raptus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to transport; or fr. E. rapt, a. See Rapt, a., and Rapid.] 1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton. 2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Rapt v. t. 1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton. 2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel. スポンサード リンク
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