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.†p. 17.8 *
- Look, how our partner's rapt.†
p. 25.0
- 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!'†
p. 31.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(rapt as in: rapt attention) deeply interested and focused (on something) -- often while admiring
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(2)
(rapt as in: rapt with love) deeply moved or filled with intense pleasure