Rapt

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.

2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel.

Part of speech: adjective (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.