apter

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UK/ˈæptə/US/ˈæptɚ/

A form of apt — Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of apt: more apt

    Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.

    c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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    [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 […]

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

    Would you deign to be my instructress, I should prove an apter scholar than if taught by Signor Rappaccini himself.

    1844, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rappaccini's Daughter

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with apter

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

apter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apter

MLA

“apter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apter.

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