Apt (�), 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. āpta fit, fr. āp to reach attain.] 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.