rapt

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹæpt/

archaic not-comparable comparable

(not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted. / (not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.

Japanese Meaning

（古風な表現）攫われた、奪われた。 / （古風な表現）空中へ持ち上げられ、天に運ばれた。

They told a lonely tale: during the night the baby was rapt from its cradle and never seen again.

彼らは寂しい話を語った。夜の間にその赤ん坊は揺りかごからさらわれ、その後二度と姿を見せなかった。

Sense（1）

(not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.

And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt / The whirring chariot.

Sense（2）

(not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.

Sense（3）

(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.

Sense（4）

(comparable) Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

He was rapt with his exam results.

more rapt

（ comparative ）

most rapt

（ superlative ）