apt

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From French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (to fasten, to join, to fit), akin to apisci (to reach, attain); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (haptīn, to fasten) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, fit), from आप् (āp, to reach, attain).

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apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)

  1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
    Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt, since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
  2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
    This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
  3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
    (Can we date this quote?) An apt wit. —Johnson.
    (Can we date this quote?) (Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. —Shakespeare

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