Meaning & use
Enrapt
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Filled with intense delight or fascination; completely absorbed in something.
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The children sat enrapt as the storyteller described the dragon's lair.
She remained enrapt by the symphony from the first note to the last.
A note on using this word
"Enrapt" is a somewhat older, more literary alternative to "enraptured," and the two are often used interchangeably.
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enrapturedspellbound
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