Rapt
Rapt (rapt) , imperfect and past participle
imp. & past participle of Rap, to snatch away.
Rapt , adjective
1.
Snatched away; hurried away or along.
Waters rapt with whirling away.
2.
Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured.
The rapt musician.
3.
Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
Rapt in secret studies.
Rapt , noun
[From French rapt abduction, rape, Latin raptus, from rapere to seize and carry off, to transport; or from English rapt, a. See Rapt, a., and Rapid.]
1.
An ecstasy; a trance. [Obsolete] — Bp. Morton
2.
Rapidity. [Obsolete] — Sir T. Browne
Rapt , transitive verb
1.
To transport or ravish. [Obsolete] — Drayton
2.
To carry away by force. [Obsolete] — Daniel