Apt — Defs

01 a. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

1.
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
“They have always apt instruments.” — Burke.

“A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb.” — Jer. Taylor.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
“Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.” — Shak.

“I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear.” — Shak.

02 v. t. To fit; to suit; to adapt.

1.
To fit; to suit; to adapt.[Obs.]
“That our speech be apted to edification.” — Jer. Taylor.