Apt
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English
Etymology
French apte, Latin aptus, from obsolete apere "to fasten, to join, to fit", akin to apisci "to reach, attain": compare with Gr. ἅπτειν (haptīn) "to fasten" and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta) "fit", from आप् (āp) "to reach, attain".
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /æpt/
Adjective
- Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
- They have always apt instruments. --Burke.
- A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. --Jer. Taylor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.
