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enrapt

[ en-rapt ]

adjective

  1. rapt; rap; rapt; transported; enraptured:

    a violinist's enrapt audience.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of enrapt1

First recorded in 1600–10; en- 1 + rapt

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Example Sentences

When the clear old voice quavered into silence there was not a dry eye left among the enrapt listeners.

To Mossgiel, where Burns reached the top and summit of his art and wrote like one enrapt, inspired.

They listened with the most enrapt attention, while for four hours I talked to them of some of the truths of this glorious verse.

How soothing it was to those enrapt listeners; seeming to tell of peace.

I could see Mademoiselle Trebizond at the piano with the vision of the mind, her soul enrapt, her features transfigured.

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