All 3 Uses of
rapt
in
Macbeth
- My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal:—to me you speak not: If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow, and which will not, Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favors nor your hate.†
Scene 1.3
- Look, how our partner's rapt.†
Scene 1.3 *
- Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me, 'Thane of Cawdor'; by which title, before, these weird sisters saluted me, and referred me to the coming on of time, with 'Hail, king that shalt be!'†
Scene 1.5
Definition:
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(rapt as in: rapt attention) deeply interested and focused (on something) -- often while admiring