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English word origin

Etymology of rapt

Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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verb

To transport or ravish. · To carry away by force.

noun

An ecstasy; a trance. · Rapidity.

adj

Snatched, taken away; abducted. · Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven. · Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed. · Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

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Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).

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