Rap*port" (rp*prt"; F. r`pôr"), n. [F., fr. rapporter to bring again or
back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf.
Report.] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and
languages in every country.
Sir W. Temple.
||En` rap`port" (äN` r`pôr") [F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy;
||having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism,
||in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or
||communication.
Rap*scal"lion (rp*skl"yn), n. [See Rascallion.] A rascal; a good-
for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] Howitt.
Rapt (rpt), imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
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, 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.