imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
a.
Snatched away; hurried away or along.
a.
Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured.
a.
Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
v. t.
To transport or ravish.
v. t.
To carry away by force.
n.
A ravisher; a plunderer.
n. pl.
Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
a.
Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.
a.
Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.
n.
A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
n.
The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.
n.
A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
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