Rapt

Definitions: Rapt

Rapt

Adjective

1. Deeply moved; "sat completely still, enraptured by the music"; "listened with rapt admiration"; "rapt in reverie".

2. Wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought".

Date "rapt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	RAPT ["An Interpreter for a Language for Describing Assemblies", R.J. Popplestone et al, Artif Intell 14:79-107 (1980)]. (1995-05-10). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
RAPT	English	Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust	Social Sciences
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Rapt

Synonyms: absorbed (adj), captive (adj), engrossed (adj), enraptured (adj), enwrapped (adj), intent (adj), wrapped (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attention	Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant).
Excitability	Phrase: noli me tangere; "filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd"; maggiore fretta minore atto.
Expectation	Adverb: on the watch; Adjective: with breathless expectation; Noun: with bated breath, with rapt anticipation; arrectis auribus.
Feeling	Impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with; devoured by; wrought up; (excited); struck all of a heap; rapt; in a quiver; Noun: enraptured.
Inattention	Absent, abstracted, distrait; absentminded, lost; lost in thought, wrapped in thought; rapt, in the clouds, bemused; dreaming on other things, musing on other things; preoccupied, engrossed; (attentive); daydreaming, in a reverie; Noun: off one's guard; (inexpectant); napping; dreamy; caught napping.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Rapt

English words defined with "rapt": absorbed ♦ captive ♦ engrossed, enraptured, enwrapped ♦ intent ♦ wrapped. (references)

Specialty definitions using "rapt": Agreement with Antecedent. (references)

Etymologies containing "rapt": Enrapt. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Rapt" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (abduction, kidnapping, rape, ravishment), Romanian (rape).

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Rapt au deuxième bureau (1958)

Le Rapt (1984)

Rapt in Love (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Guernica, ou, Le rapt des Ménines (reference) Le rapt : roman (reference) Lucky rapt : roman (reference) RAPT (reference) Rapt : tragi-comédie (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Rapt (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Quotation
Albert Einstein	The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Rapt" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rapt" is used about 115 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	115	30,138

Expressions using "rapt": rapt in contemplation ♦ rapt in thought ♦ rapt interest ♦ rapt with wonder ♦ with rapt anticipation. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "rapt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i zhytur (abstracted, deep, dipped, immersed, intent, lost, plunged, submerged, sunk, sunken), i rrëmbyer (brusque, fractious, heady, hot-headed, impetuous, impulsive, precipitate, precipitous, short tempered, tempestuous), i përqendruar (intent), i mahnitur (bemused, ecstatic). (various references)

Arabic		‏منتش (rapturous), ‏مستغرق (absorbed in, deep, engrossed in, immersed, lost in, preoccupied with), ‏سابح في عالم آخر, ‏طرب (glee, gleeful, gleesome, jag, mirth, rapture), ‏جذل (be glad, cheerful, exuberant, exult, exultant, exultation, glad, happy, hilarious, jubilation, rapture, rapturous). (various references)

Bulgarian		отнесен, задълбочен (depth, earnest, exhaustive, intimate, thoroughgoing), прехласнат, пренесен, погълнат (absorbed, full, intent). (various references)

Chinese		狂喜 (ecstasy). (various references)

Czech		zaujatý (committed, partial, taken), uchvácený. (various references)

Danish		runaway replikationsteknik (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology), løbsk replikationsteknik (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology). (various references)

Dutch		runaway-replicatie (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology). (various references)

Farsi		مسحور (Spellbound), مجذوب (Engross, Spellbound), ربوده شده , برده شده . (various references)

Finnish		rekombinanttiplasmidin lämpöreplikaatio (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology). (various references)

French		réplication thermodépendante des plasmides recombinés, extasié, enthousiaste (rapturous, raring), délirant (raving), absorbé. (various references)

German		versunken (absorbed, engrossed, immersed, submerged, sunken). (various references)

Greek		βυθισμένοσ (submerged, sunken), εκστατικόσ (ecstatic, rapturous, ravishing, stunned), απορροφημένοσ (preoccupied), θερμοεξαρτώμενη αναπαραγωγή πλασμιδίων (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology). (various references)

Hebrew		שקוע עמוק. (various references)

Hungarian		elmerült (absorbed, immersed, sunken). (various references)

Indonesian		tergiur (aroused, ecstatic, tempted), penuh (absolute, full). (various references)

Italian		replicazione temperatura-dipendente di plasmidi (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology), rapito. (various references)

Manx		fo druiaght, dowin (deeply, deep-rooted, involved, low, low-pitched, penetrating, profound, rich, secretive, thorough, uncommunicative). (various references)

Pig Latin		aptray.(various references)

Portuguese		replicação termodependente de plasmídeos recombinados (Runaway-Replication Plasmid Technology), extasiado (rapturous), encantado (captive, delighted), com êxtase, arrebatado (desperate, furious, harum scarum, heady, impetuous, passionate, rapturous, rash, rumbustious, stormy, towering, warm). (various references)

Romanian		rãpit (ravished), transportat (transported), ocupat (busy, conquered, employed, engaged, occupied, seized, taken), absorbit (absorbedly, absorbent, absorbing, engrossing, sucking-in). (various references)

Russian		восхищенный (admiring, rapturous), восторженный (ecstatic, enthusiastic, rapturous, rhapsodic), похищенный, поглощенный (absorbed, immersed, input). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ushićen (bubbly, delighted, ecstatic, elate, elated, jubilant, overjoyed, rapturous, thrilled). (various references)

Spanish		absorto (absorbed, deep, engrossed, lost, preoccupied). (various references)

Swedish		försjunken (immersed). (various references)

Thai		ปิติยิน�"ีมาก, ซึ่งมีใจจ�"จ่อ. (various references)

Turkish		mest olmuş (ecstatic, enrapt, entranced, rapturous), mest (in ecstasy), kendinden geçmiş (beside oneself, distracted, distraught, ecstatic, enrapt, entranced, gone, intoxicated, rapturous, senseless, slaphappy, unconscious). (various references)

Ukranian		викрадений, захоплений (absorbed, admiring, boffo, busy in, captive, captured, delighted, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, infatuated, obsessed, rapturous), заглиблений (immersed, intent), екстаз (ecstasy, enthusiasm, furor, rapture, trance), блаженство (beatitude, blessedness, bliss, dream). (various references)

Vietnamese		sung sướng vô ngần (rapturous, wrapt), say mê; để hết tâm trí v� o (wrapt), mê ly chăm chú (wrapt). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "rapt": raptly, raptness, raptnesses, raptor, raptorial, raptors, rapture, raptured, raptures, rapturing, rapturous, rapturously, rapturousness, rapturousnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "rapt": bewrapt, enrapt, overapt, rewrapt, trapt, wrapt. (additional references)
	Words containing "rapt": contraption, contraptions, enrapture, enraptured, enraptures, enrapturing, graptolite, graptolites, velociraptor, velociraptors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Rapt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aapt, happt, Raat, Rait, ralt, raot, Rapa, rapd, Rapg, raph, rapi, rapj, rapp, rappo, rappy, rapty, rast, ratm, ratp, ratt, raut, rautt, rawp, rawt, razt, repat, repp, repr, rept, repts, rhap, rhat, rhp, ript, rpa, rpts, rrap, Rrapo, rrat, rrp, rupt, ryat, vapt, zapt. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "rapt" (pronounced ra"pt)
4	r a" p t	entrapped, rapped, scrapped, strapped, trapped, unwrapped, wrapped.
3	-a" p t	adapt, apt, capped, clapped, flapped, lapped, mapped, napped, recapped, sapped, slapped, snapped, tapped, untapped, zapped.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: part, prat, tarp, trap.
	Words within the letters "a-p-r-t"
	-1 letter: apt, art, par, pat, rap, rat, tap, tar.
	-2 letters: ar, at, pa, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: apart, aport, apter, atrip, parts, party, pater, peart, prate, prats, pruta, sprat, strap, taper, tapir, tarps, tramp, traps, trapt, wrapt.
	+2 letters: abrupt, armpit, arpent, captor, carpet, cartop, depart, enrapt, entrap, impart, palter, paltry, pantry, parent, parget, parity, parrot, partan, parted, partly, parton, paster, pastor, pastry, paters, patrol, patron, patter, patzer, petard, pirate, plater, portal, prated, prater, prates, preact, pretax, protea, prutah, ragtop, rapist, raptly, raptor, repast, repeat, retape, satrap, sprats, straps, tamper, tapers, tapirs, tapper, tarpan, tarpon, tephra, teraph, threap, tramps, trapan, trapes, trepan, updart, uprate, uptear.
	+3 letters: adapter, adaptor, adepter, adopter, airport, airpost, apparat, apricot, aprotic, apteral, apteria, apteryx, armpits, arpents, atrophy, atropin, bewrapt, biparty, caltrap, caltrop, cantrap, cantrip, captors, capture, carpets, carport, chapter, compart, crampit, cryptal, departs, diptera, dispart, entraps, esparto, flytrap, hardtop, harpist, imparts, mantrap, marplot, mispart, operant, operate, outpray, overapt, painter, palters, panther, parapet, parents, paretic, parfait, pargets, parotic, parotid, parquet, parrots, parroty, partake, partans, partial, partied, partier, parties, parting, partita, partite, partlet, partner, partons, partook, partway, partyer, pastern, pasters, pastier, pastors, pasture, patamar, patcher, patriot, patrols, patrons, patroon, pattern, patters, patzers, pearter, peartly, peatier, periapt, persalt, pertain, petards, petrale, peytral, philtra, phorate, phratry, piaster, piastre, picrate, pirated, pirates, piratic, plaiter, plantar, planter, plaster, platers, platier, platter, pleater, plectra, portage, portals, portray, postwar, practic, praetor, praters, prating, prattle, preacts, precast, predate, preheat, prelate, pretape, primate, private, probate, prolate, pronate, pronota, prorate, protean, proteas, psalter, psaltry, pteryla, puritan, ragtops, rampant, rampart, rapists, rapport, raptors, rapture, rattrap, readapt, readopt, repaint, repasts, repatch, repeats, replant, replate, reptant, restamp, retaped, retapes, rewrapt, satraps, satrapy, seaport, sparest, spartan, spatter, spectra, spirant, stamper, stapler, startup, subpart, tampers, tapered, taperer, tappers, taproom, taproot, tapster, tarpans, tarpons, tempera, templar, tempura, tephras, therapy, threaps, tipcart, topiary, traipse, tramped, tramper, trample, trapans, trapeze, trapped, trapper, trepang, trepans, tripack, tripart, typebar, unstrap, updarts, updater, updraft, uprated, uprates, upstair, upstare, upstart, uptears, warpath, wiretap.
	+4 letters: abrupter, abruptly, accepter, acceptor, adapters, adaptors, adopters, adscript, agitprop, airports, airposts, airstrip, antiporn, antirape, aperient, aperitif, aperture, aphorist, apiarist, apparats, apparent, apractic, apricots, apterium, apterous, apyretic, asperate, asperity, aspirant, aspirata, aspirate, atrophia, atrophic, atropine, atropins, atropism, attemper, bankrupt, baptizer, becarpet, biparted, calthrop, caltraps, caltrops, calypter, calyptra, cantraip, cantraps, cantrips, captured, capturer, captures, carpeted, carports, catnaper, chapiter, chapters, claptrap, comparts, coparent, copastor, copatron, crackpot, crampits, crispate, departed, departee, depurate, dioptral, dipteral, dipteran, disparts, dumpcart, earthpea, ephorate, espartos, eupatrid, expiator, firetrap, flytraps, forepart, forepast, giftwrap, graphite, grapiest, haphtara, hardtops, harpists, heptarch, impacter, impactor, imparity, imparted, imparter, interlap, kalyptra, lakeport, livetrap, malapert, mantraps, marplots, mercapto, metaphor, misparts, nonparty, operants, operated, operates, operatic, operator, operetta, outcaper, outprays, overpast, painters, paintier, palestra, palpator, paltered, palterer, paltrier, paltrily, panthers, pantries, papistry, parakeet, parakite, parament, parapets, paraquat, paraquet, parashot, parasite, parental, parented, paretics, parfaits, pargeted, parietal, parietes, parities, parlante, parodist, paroquet, parotids, parotoid, parquets, parritch, parroket, parroted, parroter, partaken, partaker, partakes, parterre, partials, partible, particle, partiers, partings, partisan, partitas, partizan, partlets, partners, partyers, partying, passport, pasterns, pastoral, pastored, pastrami, pastries, pastromi, pastural, pastured, pasturer, pastures, patamars, patchers, patchier, patellar, patentor, paternal, patriots, patronal, patronly, patroons, pattamar, pattered, patterer, patterns, pearlite, peartest, pectoral, pedantry, pederast, pentarch, perfecta, perianth, periapts, permeant, permeate, perorate, persalts, pertains, petiolar, petrales, petrosal, peytrals, phorates, phratral, phratric, phreatic, piasters, piastres, picrated, picrates, pilaster, pinaster, pirating, piscator, placater, plaister, plaiters, plankter, planters, plasters, plastery, plastral, plastron, plastrum, platform, platters, pleaters, plethora, podiatry, polarity, polestar, portable, portably, portaged, portages, portaled, portance, portapak, portrait, portrays, postcard, postgrad, postmark, postoral, postrace, postural, potatory, potshard, practice, practise, praefect, praelect, praetors, pratfall, pratique, prattled, prattler, prattles, preacted, preadapt, preadmit, preadopt, preadult, preallot, preaudit, precasts, predated, predates, predator, preenact, pregnant, preheats, prelates, prelatic, prenatal, prepaste, preplant, prestamp, pretaped, pretapes, pretaste, pretrain, pretreat, pretrial, primatal, primates, priorate, pristane, privater, privates, probated, probates, pronated, pronates, pronator, prorated, prorates, prosaist, prostate, protamin, protases, protasis, protatic, proteans, protease, protozoa, protract, psalters, psaltery, pterygia, pterylae, pubertal, pulsator, puritans, pursuant, pushcart, pustular, pyrostat, pyruvate, ramparts, rapacity, rapidest, rapidity, rapports, raptness, raptured, raptures, raspiest, rataplan, rattraps, reaccept, readapts, readopts, recarpet, repaints, repartee, repasted, repeated, repeater, replants, replated, replates, reptilia, rerepeat, restamps, retaping, sceptral, seaports, separate, septaria, sharpest, soapwort, sparsest, sparsity, spatters, spatular, spectral, spirants, splatter, sprattle, stampers, staplers, starship, startups, stipular, strapped, strapper, subparts, supertax, sympatry, tampered, tamperer, tapadera, tapadero, taperers, tapering, tapestry, tapeworm, taprooms, taproots, tapsters, tarpaper, taxpayer, teardrop, temperas, templars, temporal, tempuras, teraphim, terrapin, tetrapod, threaped, threaper, tipcarts, tragopan, traipsed, traipses, trampers, tramping, trampish, trampled, trampler, tramples, transept, tranship, trapball, trapdoor, trapesed, trapeses, trapezes, trapezia, trapezii, traplike, trapline, trapnest, trappean, trappers, trapping, trappose, trappous, traprock, trapunto, trepangs, trespass, trigraph, tripacks, tripedal, triphase, triplane, tripodal, triptane, triptyca, troopial, tropical, troupial, typebars, ultrahip, unparted, unstraps, updarted, updaters, updrafts, upgather, upmarket, uprating, uprootal, upstairs, upstared, upstares, upstarts, upstater, upstream, warpaths, wiretaps.
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