rapt´ness

rapt´ness
rapt «rapt», adjective, verb.
–adj.
1. lost in delight: »

rapt with joy.

SYNONYM(S): enraptured, ecstatic.
2. so busy thinking of or enjoying one thing that one does not know what else is happening: »

Rapt in his work, he did not hear the footsteps coming closer.

SYNONYM(S): engrossed, spellbound, absorbed.
3. carried away in body or spirit from earth, life, or ordinary affairs: »

Rapt into future times, the bard begun (Alexander Pope).

 SYNONYM(S): trasported.
4. showing a rapt condition; caused by a rapt condition: »

a rapt smile. The girls listened to the story with rapt attention.

 a)
a past tense and past participle of rap3.
╂[< Latin raptus, past participle of rapere seize]
–rapt´ly, adverb.
–rapt´ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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