Defn: A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] Howitt.
RAPT
Rapt,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
RAPT
Rapt, a.
1. Snatched away; hurried away or along. Waters rapt with whirling away. Spenser.
2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured. "The rapt musician." Longfellow. 3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation. "Rapt in secret studies." Shak.
RAPT Rapt, n. Etym: [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.
2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
RAPT
Rapt, v. i.