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English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈæptə/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈæptɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
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- comparative form of apt: more apt
- 1597 — William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV, i 1
- Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek
Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.
- Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
- [I]t hath been many an honest man's hap to pass for the father of children he never begot; and if your worship should provide for the child, it may make the people the apter to believe […]
- 1844 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rappaccini's Daughter
- Would you deign to be my instructress, I should prove an apter scholar than if taught by Signor Rappaccini himself.
- 1597 — William Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV, i 1
Anagrams
- Peart, Petra, apert, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) apter