All 6 Uses
rapt
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- 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 * - My noble partner
You greet with present grace and great prediction
Of noble having and of royal hope,
That he seems rapt withal.p. 14.5 * - Look, how our partner's rapt.
p. 25.1
- Look, how our partner's rapt.
p. 22.2
- When I burned in desire to question them further, they made themselves air, into which they vanished. Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it,
p. 31.2
- When I burned in desire to question them further, they made themselves air, into which they vanished. Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it,
p. 30.2
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
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, in classic literature, rapt may refer to the rapture a belief of some Christian denominations in the second coming of Jesus and of movement to heaven.