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raptest

raptest is the superlative form of rapt.

Meaning of rapt

Adjective

rapt (comparative more rapt or (less common) rapter, superlative most rapt or (less common) raptest)

  1. (archaic, not comparable) Snatched, taken away; abducted.
    • And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt / The whirring chariot.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
  2. (not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
  3. (comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
    • The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
  4. (comparable) Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
    • He was rapt with his exam results.

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Questions about raptest

What is raptest the superlative form of?
Raptest is the superlative form of rapt.

Words near raptest in the dictionary

  1. raptatorial
  2. raptatory
  3. rapted
  4. rapter
  5. rapters
  6. raptest
  7. Rapti
  8. rapting
  9. Raptis
  10. Raptises
  11. raptivist

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