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adjective

Apt adj.

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. "They have always apt instruments." "A river... apt to be forded by a lamb."

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

Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; used of persons. "Apter to give than thou wit be to ask." "That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers."

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." "Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die." "I find thee apt... Now, Hamlet, hear."

Synonyms: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.

verb

Apt v. t. To fit; to suit; to adapt. (Obs.) " To apt their places." "That our speech be apted to edification."

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Etymology of 'Apt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Apt" Quotes from Famous Books

... suppose that you have probably learned most of these things which I have now told you in your spelling-book; but I have repeated them in this book, because I have so often found that little boys and girls are very apt to forget what ...

— Parker's Second Reader • Richard G. Parker

... loves a good tall pile to work at and, as a rule, her notions of the centre of gravity are not accurate, leading often to a general downfall, and the damage of many a corner. Again, if not supervised and instructed, she is very apt to rub the dust into, instead of off, the edges. Each volume should be held tightly, so as to prevent the leaves from gaping, and then wiped from the back to the fore-edge. A soft brush will be found useful if there is much dust. The whole exterior should also be rubbed with a soft cloth, and ...

— Enemies of Books • William Blades

... had not, however, the least idea that by that vague term "holy Church," while he meant a handful of priests and bishops, Ermine meant the elect of God, for whom His words settle every question, and who are not apt to trouble themselves for the contradictions either of priests or critics. "For the world passeth away, and the lust thereof"—the pleasures, the opinions, the prejudices of the world—"but he that doeth the will of God ...

— One Snowy Night - Long ago at Oxford • Emily Sarah Holt

... only we could ensure it for him everywhere! Native commissioners and their clerks and the magistrates, all men of fine fibre, who honestly care about the natives under them and the welfare of the country. So much could be done if ... if ..." He smiled a little grimly. "We are so apt to expect the impossible," he finished. "How should numbers of men of fine fibre ever reach Rhodesia at all? In so many cases we must just take what we ...

— The Rhodesian • Gertrude Page

... analyzed, are not for the goods, but for the risk on the credit and for interest on capital. The net selling price of the commodity is not increased. Experience has proven that men who sell for the lesser price for cash in hand are more apt to succeed than those who charge the higher rate ...

— The Arena - Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 • Various

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