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   Aptitude , n. [F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.]
   A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
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   He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops.
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   A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
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   That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman.
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   Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
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   He was a boy of remarkable aptitude.
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