Both Uses of
rapt
in
War and Peace
- "Yes, that's me!" she seemed to say, answering the rapt gaze with which Denisov followed her.
Chpt 4 *rapt = showing deep interest and focus
- The old oak, quite transfigured, spreading out a canopy of sappy dark-green foliage, stood rapt and slightly trembling in the rays of the evening sun.†
Chpt 6
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) 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.