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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Apt \Apt\, v. t. [L. aptare. See {Aptate}.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] " To apt their places." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] That our speech be apted to edification. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Apt \Apt\ ([a^]pt), a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. ? to fasten, Skr. [=a]pta fit, fr. [=a]p to reach attain.] 1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. [1913 Webster] They have always apt instruments. --Burke. [1913 Webster] A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things. [1913 Webster] My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. --Temple. [1913 Webster] This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster] 3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons. [1913 Webster] Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: apt adj 1: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" [syn: {apt(p)}, {disposed(p)}, {given(p)}, {minded(p)}, {tending(p)}] 2: at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget" [syn: {apt(p)}, {liable(p)}] 3: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker [syn: {apt}, {clever}] 4: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {apposite}, {apt}, {pertinent}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: APT Address Pass Through From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: APT Advanced Package Tool (Linux, Debian) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: APT Advanced Photoscale Technology (Brother) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: APT Automatically Programmed Tools