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Apt

Apt (apt)
a.((?))
Apt
[F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. (?) to fasten, Skr. 1913 webster dictionarypta fit, fr. 1913 webster dictionaryp to reach attain.]
  1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

    They have always apt instruments.
    Burke.

    A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb.
    Jer. Taylor.

  2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.

    My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
    Temple.

    This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
    Lubbock.

  3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.

    Apter to give than thou wit be to ask.
    Beau. *** Fl.

    That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers.
    F. Harrison.

  4. Ready] especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
    "An apt wit." Johnson.

    Live a thousand years,
    I shall not find myself so apt to die.
    Shak.

    I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear.
    Shak.

    Syn. -- Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.

Apt

Apt (apt)
v. t.
Apt
  1. To fit; to suit; to adapt.
    [Obs.] " To apt their places." B. Jonson.

    That our speech be apted to edification.
    Jer. Taylor.













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