rapt means snatched, taken away; abducted.
rapt is pronounced /ˈɹæpt/.
Why “rapt” is a great word
Completely absorbed, fascinated, or engrossed by something. From Latin *raptus*, past participle of *rapere* ("to seize, carry off"). Unlike "interested," which implies a general curiosity, or "engaged," which suggests active participation, to be rapt is to be passively seized, mentally carried off. It is the child motionless before a spiraling maple seed, the audience holding its breath as a final note hangs in the air, the reader lost so completely that the turning page sounds like a thunderclap—a silent surrender to being taken, the self abducted without a struggle.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).
adj
- Snatched, taken away; abducted.e.g.“And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt / The whirring chariot.”
- Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
- Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.e.g.“The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.”
- Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.e.g.“He was rapt with his exam results.”
noun
- An ecstasy; a trance.e.g.“the soul then is in rapt”
- Rapidity.
verb
- To transport or ravish.e.g.“The Bards with furie rapt, the British youth among,
Unto the charming Harpe thy future honor song”
- To carry away by force.