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rapped (RAPT) (verb)
To have caused a short, sharp blow or hit: The highway man rapped on the window with his crop to get the attention of the beautiful girl who was waiting for him.
rapt (RAPT) (adjective)
Referring to someone who is completely or wholly absorbed as in thought, or carried away with emotion: Adele listened to the singer with rapt attention, scarcely breathing.
Ron felt rapt and tearful when he listened to the dirge being played on bag pipes.
wrapped (RAPT) (verb)
1. To have put on clothing, typically to be warm: Trisha wrapped herself in a voluminous cloak in order to protect herself from the strong wind.
2. To have packaged something carefully: The large painting was wrapped in several layers of canvas to protect it during transit.
3. To have complete control over someone: Patrice has Brian wrapped around her little finger; that is, she controls him completely and he always does what she wants him to do.
2. To have packaged something carefully: The large painting was wrapped in several layers of canvas to protect it during transit.
3. To have complete control over someone: Patrice has Brian wrapped around her little finger; that is, she controls him completely and he always does what she wants him to do.
When Lottie started to work on repairing the bookshelf, her first thought was that she had better pay rapt attention to what she was doing or she could have rapped her thumb with the hammer and then she would need to have it wrapped with a bandage.
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rapt (adjective), more rapt, most rapt
1. Referring to a situation in which someone is fascinated by or concentrating on something to the exclusion of everything else: Shirley was staring with rapt attention at her professor who was teaching about the various tribes of Africa.
2. Relating to showing or suggesting deep emotions of joy or ecstasy and joy: Tina's father had rapt pleasure as his daughter was singing in the musical presentation.
6. Etymology: from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere, "to seize, to snatch".
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2. Relating to showing or suggesting deep emotions of joy or ecstasy and joy: Tina's father had rapt pleasure as his daughter was singing in the musical presentation.
Harry's rapt expression reflected the pleasure he felt while he was listening to the marvelous music on TV.
3. Conveying a deeply engrossing or absorbing situation: The students gave the teacher their rapt attention as she told them about the trip that the class would be taking.The children sat as rapt listeners while the storyteller was reading the story about the fairies.
4. Characteristic of showing or proceeding with great happiness or excitement: Marjory's mother expressed her rapt pleasure when she came to visit with her children.Cindy stood in front of the famous painting with a rapt smile on her face.
5. A reference to being carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.: As David was near death, he looked forward to the rapt day when he would be taken from this world into heaven.6. Etymology: from Latin raptus, past participle of rapere, "to seize, to snatch".
The figurative sense is from the notion of "being carried up into Heaven (bodily or in a dream)", as in a saint's vision.
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“rapt”
Relating to being involved in, fascinated by, or concentrated on something to the exclusion of everything else; deeply engrossed or absorbed. (2)
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