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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
apter
- comparative form of apt: more apt
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek
Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:[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 […]
Anagrams
- Peart, Petra, apert, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap
Latin
Verb
apter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of aptō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French aptère.
Adjective
apter m or n (feminine singular apteră, masculine plural apteri, feminine and neuter plural aptere)
- apterous, wingless
Declension