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  1. of Rap
  2. imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
  3. a. Snatched away; hurried away or along.
  4. a. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured.
  5. a. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
  6. a. An ecstasy; a trance.
  7. a. Rapidity.
  8. v. t. To transport or ravish.
  9. v. t. To carry away by force.
  10. adj. feeling great rapture or delight
  11. adj. giving or marked by complete attention to
  12. imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away. 1. Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser. 2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured. "The rapt musician." Longfellow. 3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation. "Rapt in secret studies." Shak. 1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] Bp. Morton. 2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] Drayton. 2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel.