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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rap  \Rap\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rapped},  usually  written  {Rapt}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Rapping}.]  [OE.  rapen;  akin  to  LG  &  D. 
  rapen  to  snatch,  G.  raffen,  Sw  rappa;  cf  Dan.  rappe  sig  to 
  make  haste,  and  Icel.  hrapa  to  fall,  to  rush,  hurry.  The  word 
  has  been  confused  with  L.  rapere  to  seize.  Cf  {Rape} 
  robbery,  {Rapture},  {Raff},  v.,  {Ramp},  v.] 
  1.  To  snatch  away  to  seize  and  hurry  off 
 
  And  through  the  Greeks  and  Ilians  they  rapt  The 
  whirring  chariot.  --Chapman. 
 
  From  Oxford  I  was  rapt  by  my  nephew,  Sir  Edmund 
  Bacon,  to  Redgrove  --Sir  H. 
  Wotton. 
 
  2.  To  hasten.  [Obs.]  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  3.  To  seize  and  bear  away  as  the  mind  or  thoughts;  to 
  transport  out  of  one's  self  to  affect  with  ecstasy  or 
  rapture;  as  rapt  into  admiration. 
 
  I'm  rapt  with  joy  to  see  my  Marcia's  tears. 
  --Addison. 
 
  Rapt  into  future  times,  the  bard  begun.  --Pope. 
 
  4.  To  exchange;  to  truck.  [Obs.  &  Law] 
 
  {To  rap  and  ren},  {To  rap  and  rend}.  [Perhaps  fr  Icel.  hrapa 
  to  hurry  and  r[ae]na  plunder,  fr  r[=a]n  plunder,  E.  ran.] 
  To  seize  and  plunder;  to  snatch  by  violence.  --Dryden. 
  ``[Ye]  waste  all  that  ye  may  rape  and  renne.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  All  they  could  rap  and  rend  pilfer.  --Hudibras. 
 
  {To  rap  out},  to  utter  with  sudden  violence,  as  an  oath. 
 
  A  judge  who  rapped  out  a  great  oath.  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapt  \Rapt\  (r[a^]pt), 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Rap},  to  snatch  away 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapt  \Rapt\,  a. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapt  \Rapt\,  n.  [From  F.  rapt  abduction,  rape,  L.  raptus,  fr 
  rapere  to  seize  and  carry  off  to  transport;  or  fr  E.  rapt, 
  a.  See  {Rapt},  a.,  and  {Rapid}.] 
  1.  An  ecstasy;  a  trance.  [Obs.]  --Bp.  Morton. 
 
  2.  Rapidity.  [Obs.]  --Sir  T.  Browne. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapt  \Rapt\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  transport  or  ravish.  [Obs.]  --Drayton. 
 
  2.  To  carry  away  by  force.  [Obs.]  --Daniel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rapt 
  adj  1:  deeply  moved  "sat  completely  still  enraptured  by  the 
  music";  "listened  with  rapt  admiration";  "rapt  in 
  reverie"  [syn:  {enraptured}] 
  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"  [syn:  {absorbed}, 
  {engrossed},  {enwrapped},  {intent},  {wrapped}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  RAPT 
 
  ["An  Interpreter  for  a  Language  for  Describing  Assemblies", 
  R.J.  Popplestone  et  al  Artif  Intell  14:79-107  (1980)]. 
 
  (1995-05-10)




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