GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   Apt (ăpt), a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr.  to fasten, Skr. āpta fit, fr. āp to reach attain.]
   1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
   
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   They have always apt instruments. Burke.
   
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   A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. Jer. Taylor.
   
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   2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
   
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   My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple.
   
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   This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.
   
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   3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
   
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   Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. Beau. & Fl.
   
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   That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. F. Harrison.
   
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   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.
   
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   Live a thousand years,
   
   I shall not find myself so apt to die. Shak.
   
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   I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.
   
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   Apt, v. t. [L. aptare. See Aptate.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] “ To apt their places.”  B. Jonson.
   
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   That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.
   
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