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. pta fit, fr. p 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.