Obs. rare. [n. of action f. L. arrept- ppl. stem of arripĕre to snatch away, carry off, f. ar- = ad- to + -ripĕre = rapĕre to seize.] A carrying off, sudden removal.
1612–5. Bp. Hall, Contempl., XIX. (1628), 1295. This arreption was sudden, yet Elisha sees both the charet, and the horses.
1633. Earl Manch., Al Mondo, 196. This is a kinde of Arreption to heaven: when a man abstracts himselfe from earth, and by Contemplation grows into acquaintance with God.
