enrapt

[ en-rapt ]

adjective

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

   a violinist's enrapt audience.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enrapt¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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