All 4 Uses
rapt
in
The Souls of Black Folk
(Edited)
- It varied in expression from the silent rapt countenance or the low murmur and moan to the mad abandon of physical fervor,—the stamping, shrieking, and shouting, the rushing to and fro and wild waving of arms, the weeping and laughing, the vision and the trance.
Chpt 10rapt = filled with pleasure
- As the light dawned lingeringly on his new creations, he sat rapt and silent before the vision, or wandered alone over the green campus peering through and beyond the world of men into a world of thought.
Chpt 13rapt = with deep interest and focus
- It left John sitting so silent and rapt that he did not for some time notice the usher tapping him lightly on the shoulder and saying politely, "Will you step this way, please, sir?"
Chpt 13 *
- He was wrinkled and black, with scant gray and tufted hair; his voice and hands shook as with palsy; but on his face lay the intense rapt look of the religious fanatic.
Chpt 13 *rapt = filled with pleasure
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.