Emily Dickinson Lexicon

rapt, verbal adj. [L. raptus < rapěre, seize.] (webplay: joy).

1. Intent; spellbound; fascinated; transfixed; absorbed; entranced; engrossed; entirely engaged; completely focused; wholly interested.
2. Immobilized; incapacitated; numb; deadened; [word play on “wrapped”] bound; covered; encased; caught up in; [fig.] lifeless; frozen.
3. Enraptured; overjoyed; elated; awed.
4. Transported; seized; taken; snatched; [fig.] changed; immortalized; taken to a heavenly realm.