rapt

rapt
raptly, adv.raptness, n.
/rapt/, adj.
1. deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
2. transported with emotion; enraptured: rapt with joy.
3. showing or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile.
4. carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.
[1350-1400; ME (ptp. of rapen to carry off, abduct, rape) < L raptus seized, carried off (ptp. of rapere), equiv. to rap- (see RAPE1) + -tus ptp. suffix]
Syn. 2. ecstatic, spellbound, bewitched.

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