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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rapt /ræpt/USA pronunciation adj. - deeply interested in or absorbed in something:a rapt listener.
- filled or carried off with emotion.
- showing rapture:a rapt smile.
rapt•ly, adv. rapt•ness, n. [uncountable]See -rape-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rapt (rapt),USA pronunciation adj. - deeply engrossed or absorbed:a rapt listener.
- transported with emotion;
enraptured:rapt with joy. - showing or proceeding from rapture:a rapt smile.
- carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.
- Latin raptus seized, carried off (past participle of rapere), equivalent. to rap- (see rape1) + -tus past participle suffix
- Middle English (past participle of rapen to carry off, abduct, rape) 1350–1400
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ecstatic, spellbound, bewitched.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rapt /ræpt/ adj - totally absorbed; engrossed; spellbound, esp through or as if through emotion: rapt with wonder
- characterized by or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin raptus carried away, from rapere to seize; see rape1ˈraptly adv rapt /ræpt/ adj - Also: wrapped Austral NZ informal very pleased: delighted
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