adj. 1. Deeply moved or delighted; enraptured: listened to the speaker with rapt admiration. 2. Deeply absorbed; engrossed: was rapt in thought all evening. [Middle English, carried away, from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere, to seize; see rep- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] rapt·ly adv. |
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