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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  RAPT
       
          ["An Interpreter for a Language for Describing Assemblies",
          R.J. Popplestone et al, Artif Intell 14:79-107 (1980)].
       
          (1995-05-10)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt), usually
     written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [OE. rapen; akin
     to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan.
     rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush,
     hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize.
     Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.]
     1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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              And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
              The whirring chariot.                 --Chapman.
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              From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund
              Bacon, to Redgrove.                   --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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     3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to
        transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or
        rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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              I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
                                                    --Addison.
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              Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.
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     4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
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     5. To engage in a discussion, converse.
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     6. (ca. 1985) to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often
        with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by
        some as a type of music; see rap music.
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     To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
        to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.]
        To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.
        ``[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne.'' --Chaucer.
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              All they could rap and rend and pilfer. --Hudibras.
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     To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
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              A judge who rapped out a great oath.  --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rapt \Rapt\, n. [From F. rapt abduction, rape, L. raptus, fr.
     rapere to seize and carry off, to transport; or fr. E. rapt,
     a. See Rapt, a., and Rapid.]
     1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] --Bp. Morton.
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     2. Rapidity. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rapt \Rapt\, v. t.
     1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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     2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rapt \Rapt\ (r[a^]pt),
     imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rapt \Rapt\, a.
     1. Snatched away; hurried away or along.
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              Waters rapt with whirling away.       --Spenser.
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     2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.;
        enraptured. ``The rapt musician.'' --Longfellow.
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     3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
        ``Rapt in secret studies.'' --Shak.
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