Thesaurus: apt

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1. a. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
2. a. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
3. a. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
4. a. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
5. v. t. To fit; to suit; to adapt.
6. adj. (usually followed by ‘to’) naturally disposed toward
7. adj. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
8. adj. mentally quick and resourceful
9. adj. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
10. 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. "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. Syn. -- Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt. To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places." B. Jonson. That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.
11. To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places." B.Jonson.That our speech be apted to edification. Jer. Taylor.
12. j:100 s. (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward s. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant s. mentally quick and resourceful