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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)

  1. (obsolete) 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
  2. (obsolete) 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

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Questions about rapting

What is rapting the present participle and gerund of?
Rapting is the present participle and gerund of rapt.

Words near rapting in the dictionary

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

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