rapting
rapting is the present participle and gerund of rapt.
Meaning of rapt
Verb
rapt (third-person singular simple present rapts, present participle rapting, simple past and past participle rapted or rapt)
- To transport or ravish.
- The Bards with furie rapt, the British youth among,
Unto the charming Harpe thy future honor song1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 6 p. 89
- The Bards with furie rapt, the British youth among,
- To carry away by force.
- His only daughter had either been rapt away to the grave, or he was to have some wood-demon for a son-in-law, and, perchance, a troop of goblin grandchildren.1819-20, Washington Irving, The Spectre Bridegroom, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., reprinted in 1840, The Works of Washington Irving, Volume 1, page 256
Questions about rapting
- What is rapting the present participle and gerund of?
- Rapting is the present participle and gerund of rapt.
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