Both Uses
rapt
in
October Sky
(Edited)
- I stared at it with no less rapt attention than if it had been God Himself in a golden chariot riding overhead.
Chpt 2 *rapt = deep interest and focus
- Our six hundred faces gazed up at the little man in rapt attention.
Chpt 8
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.